From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 16 21:11:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from Pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Pegasus.cc.ucf.edu [132.170.240.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C6FD15577 for ; Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:11:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu) Received: from Pegasus.cc.ucf.edu ([132.170.240.30]:43902 "HELO pegasus.cc.ucf.edu" ident: "ewayte") by pegasus.cc.ucf.edu with SMTP id <2051-16450>; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:07:15 -0500 Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 00:07:14 -0500 (EST) From: Eric Wayte To: John Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Definitely a newbie... In-Reply-To: <000701be703a$e20d7760$ebb2bfa8@johnmiwa> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE; BOUNDARY="----=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE6FF7.D1A7E880" Content-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE6FF7.D1A7E880 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: Welcome to FreeBSD! Now for some answers: 1. Not sure, but fdisk /mbr might do the trick. It should restore the Master Boot Record, which is what you want. 2. FreeBSD runs most Linux software via the Linux emulator. This is both a blessing and a curse... Blessing - Cool, it runs Linux. Curse - Why do I need FreeBSD? 3. FreeBSD, IMHO, is a great OS for a CS major to learn about Unix and networking as nearly all of the networking code in FreeBSD was developed as part of the BSD effort at UCBerkeley, from which FreeBSD is descended. TCP/IP - BSD had it first! For more information on BSD, run to your campus library and pick up a copy of "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System" by McKusick, et al. Good luck! Eric Wayte Database Administrator University of Central Florida ewayte@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, John wrote: > Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 21:56:17 -0800 > From: John > To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > Subject: Definitely a newbie... > > I currently have a PII 266 with Win95 and Solaris 2.6. Solaris is not quite what I expected and would like to switch to freeBSD to learn more about Unix. I have three questions: > > 1.) How do I get rid of the Sun boot manager that comes up every time I turn on the machine? > > 2.) Will freeBSD run all the popular software that Linux runs? Netscape, WordPerfect, and the like? I say linux because most of the software is cheap! > > 3.) Is freeBSD a good flavor of Unix for a new computer science student to use on a home computer to learn about Unix and networking? > > I don't know, maybe these questions are in someones FAQ but I have not found them? Thank you for any help you can offer...John. > ------=_NextPart_000_0004_01BE6FF7.D1A7E880 Content-Type: TEXT/HTML; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Content-ID: Content-Description:

I currently have a PII 266 with Win95 and = Solaris=20 2.6. Solaris is not quite what I expected and would like to switch = to=20 freeBSD to learn more about Unix. I have three = questions:

1.) How do I get rid of the Sun boot = manager that=20 comes up every time I turn on the machine?

2.) Will freeBSD run all the popular = software=20 that Linux runs? Netscape, WordPerfect, and the like? I say = linux=20 because most of the software is cheap!

3.) Is freeBSD a good flavor of Unix = for a new=20 computer science student to use on a home computer to learn about Unix = and=20 networking?

I don't know, maybe these questions are in = someones FAQ=20 but I have not found them? Thank you for any help you can=20 offer...John.

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