From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 23 03:27:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA20395 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 03:27:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from x3.boston.juno.com (x3.boston.juno.com [205.231.100.22]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA20390 for ; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 03:27:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from hounddog@juno.com) by x3.boston.juno.com (queuemail) id GAA18105; Sat, 23 Nov 1996 06:27:00 EST To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 06:25:11 est Subject: Help: Idiot on the loose Message-ID: <19961123.062533.4671.0.hounddog@juno.com> X-Mailer: Juno 1.15 X-Juno-Line-Breaks: 3,7,18-19 From: hounddog@juno.com (Hans N Gruber) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok, so every list needs a few idiots. I had to download the bin files one at a time and install FreeBSD from a DOS partition. In order to save space, I did not install the man pages. Not a smart move considering I'm a UNIX/LINUX/BSD ignoramus extraordinaire. Well, I managed to install everything all right, and I'm going to the library first thing in the morning to get some books on UNIX and GNU, but I have a couple of questions that I think will not be covered in books. I managed to create a file called "first file" (yes, with a space), and cannot delete it as FreeBSD is treating as two files which don't exist. Nextly, I created a user on the system (which is me), mainly because it seemed at the time (during install), that it was the thing to do. How do I log on as admin instead of user? ( did I mention I am an idiot?) Thirdly, I wish to install the man pages. My disk space situation is looking pretty grim. I already have the minimum install, but is there any way to streamline by removing unnecessary files? I am running single user PC, no internet, no xWindows, no nothing except G++, the editor, basic commands. I don't need games, bells or whistles. Any suggestions would be helpful. Peace, Hans