From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 17 17:50:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA11134 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 17 Feb 1996 17:50:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA11128 for ; Sat, 17 Feb 1996 17:50:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA03454; Sun, 18 Feb 1996 12:24:44 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199602180154.MAA03454@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Freebsd To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 12:24:44 +1030 (CST) Cc: dbos@waterloo.net, questions@freebsd.com In-Reply-To: <199602172005.NAA09347@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Feb 17, 96 01:05:21 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > I have two questions about installing freeBSD on my standalone 486. > > > > What should the host name be ? > > I vote for Polycythemis. It's a bitch to type, and it's not eight > characters so the SCO WordPerfect license manager won't run, but > I think he was a truly underated Greek hero. Hmm; you do have a warped sense of humour. So many machines are named after mythological heroes though - how about looking to something more modern (but just as classical) for inspiration? You want hard to type? Try "slartibartfast" or "magarathea", or for the opportunity to annoy your friends, "onomatopaeia" (How do you spell it? ... just like it sounds) My domain is 'spam' (due to the sheer folly of a certain suggesting party), so my machines are named as adjectives : lovely, salty, lumpy etc. Pick a theme and stick with it... > Terry Lambert -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "I seek PEZ!" - The Tick [[