From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jan 24 3:32:45 2003 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 4DD2A37B401 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 03:32:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.bellavista.cz (mail.bellavista.cz [62.168.44.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B4E843EB2 for ; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 03:32:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from neuhauser@bellavista.cz) Received: from freepuppy.bellavista.cz (freepuppy.bellavista.cz [10.0.0.10]) by mail.bellavista.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A2C069; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:32:35 +0100 (CET) Received: by freepuppy.bellavista.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id BD82D2FDC26; Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:32:34 +0100 (CET) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:32:34 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Benjamin Smith Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <20030124113234.GH86853@freepuppy.bellavista.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Benjamin Smith , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org References: <20030124072324.88278.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030124072324.88278.qmail@web41106.mail.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org # decrock@yahoo.com / 2003-01-23 23:23:24 -0800: > Heya. I'm definitely a newbt. It took me two (full) days to get > FreeBSD running over FTP and I almost took the Good Lord's name in > vain regarding your OS. However, it works now, somewhat, and > I'm appreciative, seeing the hefty sack of potential in the tidy > package. as someone else wrote either here or in questions@ a few days ago: you will do yourself a favor if you consider this installation a throwaway. that way you won't be scared of breaking anything, and then you won't be scared to explore new stuff either. the more you break it in the beginning the less you'll break it in the future. > Now back to the hair-pulling. yeah, I remember the adrenaline rush when I saw the os boot from the cd for the first time. I miss it. :) -- If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore your message. see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message