From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 22 02:14:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id CAA26356 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 02:14:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA26350 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 02:14:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.7.5/8.6.12) id MAA17038; Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:12:51 +0200 (IST) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma017036; Wed Jan 22 12:12:24 1997 Message-ID: <32E5E7F8.51E0@barcode.co.il> Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 12:12:08 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: swim@avst.com CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FREEBSD Installation References: <32E587D7.6BFD@avst.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Chris Lopez wrote: > > Hi, > My name is Chris Lopez, first off I would like to ask what the > difference is between versions 2.1.6 and the new 2.2 beta. But my main > question is this. I am very new to LINUX/UNIX/etc. environments, and > this is the only way for me to learn (I don't have UNIX stations readily > available). I was wondering if I could get some help with the > installation, preferrably without totally reformatting my hard drive. If > you have the time, and wouldn't mind the bother, I would really like to > get set up as soon as possible to see what all the hype is about!!! > > Thanks for your time > Chris Lopez > > DIABLO@AVST.COM Welcome aboard Chris. The differences between 2.1.6 and 2.2 are many. To sum it up, 2.2 has many new features and major new rewrites of old features, but 2.1.6 is very stable and reliable. You can find the release notes for both on the web site, but if you have no experience with UNIX you probably will not care about most of those things, if they mean anything to you at all. As for installation, you can either get a CD from WC (www.cdrom.com) or install from the web. Look at: http://www.freebsd.org/where.html http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html As you will see, under most configurations you do not have to reformat your hard drive, but just create a new partition on it. This can either be done with the free fips utility that comes with FreeBSD or with PartitionMagic (commercial at http://www.partition.com). After you read the guides on the web, you can pretty much do it yourself. You can always post questions to this list if you have any. Good luck, Nadav