From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 28 19:34:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA15552 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:34:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA15539 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:34:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id OAA16698; Sun, 29 Nov 1998 14:34:11 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19981129143405.06059@welearn.com.au> Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 14:34:06 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: Andrew Boothman Cc: alissa bader , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation problems References: <3660A011.68F02857@sour.cream.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <3660A011.68F02857@sour.cream.org>; from Andrew Boothman on Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 01:14:57AM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Nov 29, 1998 at 01:14:57AM +0000, Andrew Boothman wrote: > alissa bader wrote: > > > > I have been tearing my hair out over this for the past 2 days. If that happens, you know you've done something wrong. Not a FreeBSD mistake, but a seeking help mistake. Take a look at http://www.welearn.com.au/freebsd/newbies/ to find out how to deal with problems. Alissa, don't ever get yourself into this state, it's not worth it! :-) One of the worst things you can do when you have a problem is to blame yourself. The other is to write to the wrong place for help. This is the wrong place for help. freebsd-questions@freebsd.org is THE place for all support. Over a thousand experienced users will be checking every answer you get there. As Andrew said: > I'm afraid I don't know anything about that spacific message, so if that > doesn't help you'll have to try questions@freebsd.org and see if someone > more experienced can help you. See? That should be your first port of call, not your last hope! Please, people, if you see others asking for help here, send them to freebsd-questions or answer their questions *there* yourself. This is not a technical support group. It's a place to learn how to *get* help. You can help people learn that. If you try to answer support questions here you are robbing a new user of access to the best support that is available. Others on this list will copy you and it'll escalate. Ask here about using the mailing lists or where to find documentation, organise newbies activities, let off steam, or just chat. Help others learn to use the support system that is already available, or discuss ways to improve it. This is all set out in the list charters, the list subscription advice, and in the weekly reposting to this list which last came through yesterday. If that's not enough, I don't know what is. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message