From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 27 09:46:36 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08F6116A4CE for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:46:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2851843D58 for ; Sat, 27 Dec 2003 09:46:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco.biz ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:49:43 -0600 Message-ID: <3FEDC542.3030301@daleco.biz> Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:45:38 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031124 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Trish References: <200312261555.hBQFtN7l076080@mail3.mx.voyager.net> <5975753247.20031226111334@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <5975753247.20031226111334@sentex.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Dec 2003 17:49:44.0125 (UTC) FILETIME=[CF997ED0:01C3CCA1] cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org cc: rob copsey Subject: Model Posting (was Re: Invalid Partion - help on setting up loader) X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 17:46:36 -0000 Trish wrote: >Hi Rob, my post was in no way intended to denigrate the worthy efforts >of those who have gone before. It just seems that any technical >question has a response of read the manual and post elsewhere..so it >was simply a tongue in cheek way of asking..what CAN you do here? :) > ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Regards, > >Trish > > > <> Yeah, good question. What's newbies@ supposed to look like, sound like, and what are the subscribers supposed to say?? Maybe something like this?? ======================================== Dear FreeBSD Newbies: {$greeting}! My name is {$name} and I just wanted to say {$expression} to {$person||$persons}for {$reason}. Until {$datestamp} I was using {$alt-OS} /* see note below */ at {$location} for my {$hobby||$work||$obsession}. Now I've got FreeBSD installed and it's {$adjective1}. I think {$bug||$feature} is really {$adjective2} and I've also had {$adjective3}luck with {$portname} and {$portname2} /* optional troll bait */ which is as good or better than {$Winapp||$GNUapp}, IMO. I have been having some {$adjective4} getting my {$hardware} to {$verb} with the GENERIC kernel, and {$software} won't {$verb2} at all, but I think a little more {$noun}and it'll be {$adjective5} Anyone else had any {$noun2}like this?? Ah, well, soon I hope to do {$verb3||$amazing-feat} using only FBSD & {$obscure-hardware||$obscure-software}. Any newbies out there who are interested in {$noun3} give me a holler and maybe we can {$verb4}. FreeBSD {$verb5|| echo "forever"}!! __________________ <<.sig file>> ================================================= **Roll two dice; if you get double sixes, put any OS name here, otherwise it must be a software product of the current "Evil Empire"..... :-) Kevin Kinsey