From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Nov 28 19:54:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA17408 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:54:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from astor.interport.net (astor.interport.net [199.184.165.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA17403 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 19:54:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from molbloo@interport.net) Received: from interport.net (molbloo@park.nfs.interport.net [205.161.144.2]) by astor.interport.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA24410 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:55:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (molbloo@localhost) by interport.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA04198 for ; Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:54:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 22:54:25 -0500 (EST) From: alissa bader To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installation problems In-Reply-To: <19981129143405.06059@welearn.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org thanks for the pointers and the encouragement! I've since posted my query to the freebsd-questions list. I am fairly new to unix and to pc hardware, and I'm hoping I can get this problem solved pretty quickly. But it's turning out to be a learning experience, all of it. thanks again, alissa On Sun, 29 Nov 1998, Sue Blake wrote: > 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message