From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 29 19:32:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA04173 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 29 Mar 1998 19:32:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from vnode.vmunix.com (vnode.vmunix.com [209.112.4.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA04052; Sun, 29 Mar 1998 19:32:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@vnode.vmunix.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vnode.vmunix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA03820; Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:33:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mark) Message-ID: <19980329223358.11226@vmunix.com> Date: Sun, 29 Mar 1998 22:33:58 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: Matthew Fuller , doc@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Call for review: installation References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Matthew Fuller on Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 08:13:53PM -0600 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 08:13:53PM -0600, Matthew Fuller wrote: > I've redone the installation documentation, from scratch basically. It > consists now of two parts: the installation instructions, which guide you > through the installation from your decision to run FreeBSD, and the > installation checklist, which details the things you need and how to > prepare for the installation. I'd like to get some reviewers on this. > I'll read over your document - BTW, have you checked out the effort Chris Coleman and I started at http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ ? We also wrote an entire section on the installation.. -Mark > I've CC:'d newbies since there's probably a fair number of people there > fresh from the install who could give some unique viewpoints on it. > > The instructions are at: > http://mortis.futuresouth.com/~fullermd/freebsd/install.html > They're pretty rough at the moment, as I haven't had time to polish them > up with the press of other work. But I think they're pretty thorough. > Let me know what you think! > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | > * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * > | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| > * fullermd@mortis.futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * > | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message