Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2000 21:03:40 -0600 From: Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net> To: Jerry Dunham <jerry@dunham.org> Cc: James Diefenderfer <james@worldly.org>, cal@rushe.aero.org, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Michael Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.org>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: installation problems Message-ID: <3944530C.D6EAE346@uswest.net> References: <200006100634.XAA15122@calamari.aero.org> <20000610202611.H22659@rider.dunham.org> <3942F563.9613BCE7@worldly.org> <20000610212117.N22659@rider.dunham.org> <3942FA1C.68246759@worldly.org> <20000610213641.P22659@rider.dunham.org> <3943EB0B.CB3B5B61@worldly.org> <20000611214851.Y22659@rider.dunham.org>
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--------------9A185DF74759846964FE690D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > this window is where i seem to get lost. "Package Selection", do i have > > to go through each of these and select the ones that i want ? how do i > > know what i want/need ? i thought i told it what i wanted when i > > selected the "x-developer" option under the "Choose Distro" window. The best way I've found to approach this potential dilemma is to first choose whichever install option pleases you, i.e.; x-developer or regular user w' x windows, include a few extra packages that you've already heard about or that interest you. This shouldn't be too difficult, since the packages are listed by catagory. Then later, after you've successfully installed FreeBSD, you can do some research on different packages (choose which one's are of interest) and install them later with /stand/sysinstall. Also, if I remember correctly, each package included on the CD ROM set includes a brief description of what each package is/does. > > > I tripped over this one, too. My recollection is that "Package > Selection" is just an opportunity to modify what you already picked > as a group when you picked "X-developer", but my recollections are too > often faulty to trust. > > I'm Cc:ing the newbies list, as you did, because that seems a reasonable > place for this discussion, but if anyone expects me to see replies there > it won't happen. I've tried twice to subscribe and it never seems to > take, though majordomo replies to me like it has. > > -- > Jerry Dunham FreeBSD (512)335-0674 (H) > jdunham@fc.net jerry@dunham.org > > To vacillate, or not to vacillate, that is the question ... or is it? > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message --------------9A185DF74759846964FE690D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <p>> this window is where i seem to get lost. "Package Selection", do i have <br>> to go through each of these and select the ones that i want ? how do i <br>> know what i want/need ? i thought i told it what i wanted when i <br>> selected the "x-developer" option under the "Choose Distro" window.</blockquote> <p><br><i><font color="#3333FF">The best way I've found to approach this potential dilemma is to first choose whichever install option pleases you, i.e.; x-developer or regular user w' x windows, include a few extra packages that you've already heard about or that interest you. This shouldn't be too difficult, since the packages are listed by catagory. Then later, after you've successfully installed FreeBSD, you can do some research on different packages (choose which one's are of interest) and install them later with /stand/sysinstall. Also, if I remember correctly, each package included on the CD ROM set includes a brief description of what each package is/does.</font></i> <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <p>I tripped over this one, too. My recollection is that "Package <br>Selection" is just an opportunity to modify what you already picked <br>as a group when you picked "X-developer", but my recollections are too <br>often faulty to trust. <p>I'm Cc:ing the newbies list, as you did, because that seems a reasonable <br>place for this discussion, but if anyone expects me to see replies there <br>it won't happen. I've tried twice to subscribe and it never seems to <br>take, though majordomo replies to me like it has. <p>-- <br>Jerry Dunham FreeBSD (512)335-0674 (H) <br>jdunham@fc.net jerry@dunham.org <p> To vacillate, or not to vacillate, that is the question ... or is it? <p>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org <br>with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message</blockquote> </html> --------------9A185DF74759846964FE690D-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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