Re: HELP!!! I'm a newbie

From: Scott Corey (scott_at_bsdprophet.org)
Date: 06/17/03

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To: Tony Pidluberg <tpidluberg@hotmail.com>

    Oops here it is!

    http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html

    Tony Pidluberg wrote:
    > Dear Mam/Sir
    >
    > I have a fair knowledge of commandline and win32, but recently I've
    > decided to take on freebsd "as a newbie" to expand my knowledge of the
    > diffrernt OS's. I'm having various after install issues and can't seem
    > to find a forum that is dealing with some of the more basic concepts. I
    > have read the freeBSD handbook & the porters handbook, but am still
    > having problems. I want to install the sources for the ports from a CD,
    > not ftp. I've done a full install and even added a lInux and DOS
    > partition using the BSD boot manager.
    >
    > PLease help
    >
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