Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 15:54:02 +0100 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: Jaap van Hennik <jvanhennik@easy.nl> Cc: Questions FreeBSD <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [NEWBIE] FreeBSD 4.2 Install this afternoon!!! Message-ID: <20010125155402.A15721@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <3A6FE09A.4090507@easy.nl>; from jvanhennik@easy.nl on Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:15:22AM %2B0100 References: <3A6FE09A.4090507@easy.nl>
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On Thu, Jan 25, 2001 at 09:15:22AM +0100, Jaap van Hennik wrote: > Where can I count on with my fresh install of FreeBSD? > While I am very used to the (easy) install of Linux distros I am waiting > with fear on my Install CDROM-without-any-book > Well, the FreeBSD installer installs the base system for you, but you have to check add-on software, like Netscape, LaTeX etc., otherwise you'll get the base system only :-). Anyway you can install so called packages easily at any time using /stand/sysinstall and going to 'post-install configuration...' and then 'Install pre-packaged software...'. I think that nowadays there are options to install complete KDE stuff and such (long time ago that I installed from scratch...). > I want to give it a try and afterwards achieve a complete set with books > > Thanks a lot for any answer. > > Jaap > The Netherlands (it is raining here, not snowing anymore) > Yes I know... stupid rain... you might be interested in http://www.nlfug.nl , the site of the Dutch FreeBSD users group... Anyway, good luck with the install! Karel. (Also from the Netherlands) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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