Re: Where can I find more information
From: Aperez (alfredoj69_at_gmail.com)
Date: 01/28/05
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Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:12:18 -0500 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org
I will really recommend you the following web sites:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/ct/15
http://bsdforums.org/forums/index.php?s=cbb21bf54cf6ef4cc206f4660a2674a6
and I think the handbook is the best source. Read it slowly and practice
with your PC.
Good luck
crzdgns1@starpower.net wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My name is Mark. I recently banished windows and
>windows-based programs from my (ancient) computer because it
>is too slow to handle windows XP and all of the attendant
>programs required to keep it virus and ad-free. I have
>installed FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE on my computer (Intel Pentium
>II Celeron, 330 MHz, ~500 Mb Ram, Western Digital Hard Disk
>(40 Gb, Master), Western Digital Hard Disk (6 Gb, Slave),
>floppy disk (1.44 Mb), IOMega ZIP-Drive (100Mb, IDE), Hitachi
>CD/DVD-ROM, Memorex CD-RW, Diamond Multimedia Viper v550
>video card, and a few other ancient goodies). I am having
>great difficulty mounting and unmounting floppies, zips, and
>CDs from my system. I have done my best to follow the
>recommendations in The Handbook, The FreeBSD FAQ, and the
>documentation that came bundled with FreeBSD-5.3-RELEASE, all
>to no avail. I have also searched the archives that I could
>find using the queries "mount" and "unmount", but didn't find
>anything that seemed to fit. I have no trouble mounting and
>unmounting CDs if I use the device manager in KDE, but have
>had no luck trying to do the same from the command line. Can
>someone out there recommend additional, better, or
>easier-to-understand sources of information for someone who
>is essentially a complete beginner in UNIX and FreeBSD?
>Alternatively, if I were to post a technical question to a
>mailing list, which mailing list would be appropriate?
>
>Thanks
>
>Mark
>
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