From owner-freebsd-security Wed Aug 18 9:16:22 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mail-gw5.pacbell.net (mail-gw5.pacbell.net [206.13.28.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 520E3158BA for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:16:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dean@thegrid.net) Received: from remus (adsl-63-193-246-169.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.193.246.169]) by mail-gw5.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA01555 for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:16:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <4.1.19990818090916.00971540@mail.thegrid.net> X-Sender: i289861@mail.thegrid.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:11:05 -0700 To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org From: Dean Subject: Re: "Secure-FreeBSD" Idea In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 07:42 AM 8/13/99 -0500, you wrote: > > >On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Michael Richards wrote: >> >> I was toying with this idea too. People often say when comparing FreeBSD >> and linux that "FreeBSD is harder to install." Although I don't agree with >> that statement, I had to take note on how easy my install of BeOS went. >> Basically I popped the CD in, selected the partition and hit install. It >> whirled rebooted and presto, I was running Be. > >I recently installed Redhat and FreeBSD...I am familiar with both, but the >Redhat install took 3 runs through the install process to get right, and >FreeBSD took only one...Granted, they were minor problems in redhat that >most people wouldn't come across, but it is still one valid experience of >mine...(The FreeBSD install was more flexible than the redhat one). > >--dave And don't even mention the mkLinuX installer (which is the redhat installer). But aren't we getting a little off topic here? Dean ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A train stops at a train station, a bus stops at a bus staion. On my desk, I have a workstation.... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message