From owner-freebsd-newbies Sat Sep 30 13:57:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from glitch.crosswinds.net (glitch.crosswinds.net [209.208.163.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6497537B503 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 13:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lexx.my.domain (dyn64-ras31.screaming.net [212.49.254.64]) by glitch.crosswinds.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA39648; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 16:57:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from john253@crosswinds.net) From: John Murphy To: DALE HALSTEAD Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 21:56:59 +0100 Organization: The Organisation Reply-To: john253@crosswinds.net Message-ID: <7nhcts064e58a9pk4ejshnvlrntv3vqlpo@4ax.com> References: <20000930150821.27376.qmail@web1605.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20000930150821.27376.qmail@web1605.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org DALE HALSTEAD wrote: > >Help, what flavor should I start with? I have a pc with win 95, 133mh, >and 1.2 G hardrive. I have several versions of linux and unix (I am = taking >a class now in unix) but it sounds like I may want to start with FreeBSD= or >something. Just want to get of MSW! =20 > As you're taking a class in unix and you have two computers, I'd = recommend a minimal install of FreeBSD-4.1 on your spare pc. =46irst you could get the two connected and backup anything you need from= the slower machine onto the faster one. Else, if you have a spare HD you = could configure the 133Mhz one to dual boot either the win95 disk, or FreeBSD. You could use the remaining space left by a minimal install, to install = sources for inspection, but 1.2Gbyte may not be large enough to make world. =46reeBSD-questions would be pleased to answer any homework questions you= have ;) Not Really. but they prefer lines wrapped ~75 cols ;) Yes Really. Good luck John. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message