Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 08:54:09 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: "Brett G. Castleberry" <bcc9746@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Diary - how to guides Message-ID: <19990406205551.QXQP5752963.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <00d101be7fe1$275b0c00$9821c992@s1o3q0>
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On 5 Apr 99, at 23:54, Brett G. Castleberry wrote: > I found FreeBSD Diary a couple of weeks ago, and was very glad to have > another source of information about FreeBSD. I particularly enjoyed the > article, "Installing FreeBSD on a Windows 95 machine". The "blow-by-blow" > account helped me picture an installation in a way that the instructions > have not. I am a really new "newbie" (learning unix in order to do this > thing). I have decided that the Windows+FreeBSD on one disc, with > partitions and all, adds a layer of complexity and worry that I don't > need, so I've decided to install FreeBSD on a separate 486 (they're cheap > enough these days). Hope to do it between terms here at FSU in May. > Meanwhile, I'm working my way through the FreeBSD Manual. Thanks for > FreeBSD Diary. I want to explore it more when I have the time. And > thanks to all of you old hands for taking the time to fill us in. Good to hear it helps. It is a difficult balance between too much detail and not enough. Cheers. As for old hands, I've only been using FreeBSD for about 10 months. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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