From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 18 23:16:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EF0E106566B for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:16:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bah@bananmonarki.se) Received: from feeder.usenet4all.se (1-1-1-38a.far.sth.bostream.se [82.182.32.53]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC0598FC17 for ; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:16:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kw.homeip.net (c80-217-64-49.bredband.comhem.se [80.217.64.49]) by feeder.usenet4all.se (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p7INGIcP095630; Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:16:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bah@bananmonarki.se) Message-ID: <4E4D9D42.9030105@bananmonarki.se> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:16:18 +0200 From: Bernt Hansson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110817 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: scott mcclellan References: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <1313705889.77615.YahooMailNeo@web45712.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Subject: Re: new to os X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:16:23 -0000 On 2011-08-19 00:18, scott mcclellan wrote: > I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis). > > Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for me 30 years - on a TRS-80). I know remember extremely little of OS vernacular. > > Am I biting off more than I can chew, or is there a OS commands for dummies out there, or does FreeBSD have such a critter that one can go through. > > I'll pour through the FAQ and got hrough the online manuals for now. But it all seems greek. Can someone point me in a diresction to degreek this stuff for me. > > Thanks, What exactly is it you want to do?