From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 15 12:56:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA23982 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:56:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nefertiti.lightningweb.com (nefertiti.lightningweb.com [198.68.191.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA23975 for ; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:56:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keith@lightningweb.com) Received: from localhost (keith@localhost) by nefertiti.lightningweb.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA20559; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:55:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 12:55:58 -0800 (PST) From: Keith Woodman To: "Jason C. Wells" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Boot disk In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hmm. I tried numerous variants of a search and didn't come up with that. You are correct though. It does get ya there. As far as linux installs. RedHat 5.x is by far the easiest install I have ever had of any OS. And yes, it makes a winblows install look laughable. I have 4 systems on 3 different versions of Linux and one running FreeBSD 2.2.5. I can tell you that the RedHat is easier. Well. Let me rephrase that, More intuitive to the way my feable mind works. :-) The fdisk program in RedHat 5.x leaves BSD in the dust. But, I must admit, as far as stability, FreeBSD is ahead of Linux in any form. They could make the X configuration a little better as well. But that is neither here nor there. Gonna bugger out now and go for the 3.0 install. Thanks for the pointers. Keith ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Keith Woodman Technical Coordinator Keith@lightningweb.com Lightningweb LLC pid 7962 (sniffit), uid 0: exited on signal 10 (core dumped) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Keith Woodman wrote: > > >Not if you know where to go. You would think they would have better > >documentation on where to find things to get people started. > > Admittedly, the 3.0 boot disc is harder to find than the 2.2.8 boot disc. > This is because FreeBSD recommends 2.2.8 over 3.0 until 3.0 matures. > > 2.2.8 > First page - Click "Getting FreeBSD" > Second page - Click "installation boot disk image" > > 3.0 > First page - Click "Getting FreeBSD" > Second page - Click "Obtaing FreeBSD" > Third page - Click "FTP Sites" > Fourth page - Click "ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/" > > >It's no wonder that linux is more popular. They don't make it hard for > >new comers to get their feet wet in the OS . It is more accessable. > > I have heard several people say that FreeBSD is easier to install than any > Linux distribution. I think that it was even easier than winblows to > install. I hardly think that two clicks is "less accessible". Once you run > the install, see if your opinion changes. > > >I have the boot floppy now. I did a search on the FreeBSD site and it > >gave me absolutely nothing on a search. > > Oddly, searching "3.0 release" yields > "http://www.freebsd.org/releases/index.html" as the very first hit. > > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message