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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!in2.uu.net!spcuna!ritz!ritz From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz) Subject: Re: FreeBSD - Very easy to install! References: <421nuq$nvo@gol1.gol.com> Organization: Mordor International Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 17:53:20 GMT X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950726BETA PL0] Message-ID: <DE4xow.4GD@ritz.mordor.com> Lines: 53 MICHAEL (michael@gnj.or.jp) wrote: : I still don't know if FreeBSD is more stable than Linux, but I'll say : this much: FreeBSD is 10 million times easier to install than Linux was! : : The 2.0.5 CD-ROM took me less than an hour to install, as opposed to : four days for Linux. Which linux was that? I agree that FreeBSD was a SNAP (heh) to install, but I found the Slackware release of linux to be rather painless as well. : The FreeBSD installer automates quite a lot: the partitioning and : formatting, setting up the X configuration file and so on. Yep, it is a treat to use. : Also, setting up an automatic boot record in the master disk is : completely painless, unlike Linux's "LILO" system. Right, but it also doesn't appear to be as versatile. : Also, all my devices were recognized to start with. : : The Linux setup seems to handle setting up of the Ethernet card more : automatically : though...I still haven't figured out where that setup is. Just make sure you buy compatible hardware. :-) : Some suggestions/comments: : : o The partition feature in Install is a bit cryptic. The help for : partition doesn't explain what the size units are, nor does it : say that in the next step sub-partitions will be made for swap : space, etc. Yes, for a newbie this part of the procedure can indeed be hard to deal with. It's expecially frustrating when you have a largish scsi disk that fdisk won't fondle until you've put a tiny dos partition on it to help fdisk along. :-) : o As someone mentioned elsewhere, the mouse device name does not : seem to be mentioned anywhere (for X configuration). X?? What's that? :) : There are all minor comments though. I think the person or people : who wrote the automatic installation procedures are really to be : complemented. They have made installing a Unix system as easy as : it can be. I couldn't agree more. Good job, guys/gals! Chris -- Christopher Mauritz | For info on internet access: ritz@mordor.com | finger/mail info@ritz.mordor.com OR Mordor International | http://www.mordor.com/ 201/212/718 internet access | Modem: (201)433-7343,(212)843-3451