> freebsd is not linux, of course, and is more difficult to > install. it is not > more configurable. > Whoa! Religious war stuff. But I won't. ;-)
(Ok, maybe a little: FreeBSD is not particularly hard to install, I'd chalk that one up to "myth". Compared to OpenBSD and NetBSD, there are more steps, but that means the installer is more complete, helps you get more set up at install time instead of later, and in the end, it all works. And if you've ever installed Slackware, you'll be right at home - it's basically the same installer. I wouldn't say FreeBSD is "more" configurable, but it is certainly "as" configurable is Linux. And ports are pretty slick too. But hey, this is CLUG, not CBUG, so I'll shut up now. ;-) ) One comment I'd like to add in response to the original poster, regarding this: > it. I popped the CD in and tried the install. Once again the > installation freezes while installing the packages, (namely BASH,) I > was thinking the CD was dirty so I cleaned the CD and tried again. > FREEZE!!! I am still able to move the mouse but nothing works. I dig When this happens, does the keyboard still work? Have you tried flipping over to other virtual terminals to see what's going on? Hitting CTRL-ALT-F3 and CTRL-ALT-F4 will bring you to terminals that have a running list of the last things that happened (F3 is software install related, F4 is hardware probing related, if memory serves). Check those out if you can and that might give you a hint as to what went wrong. If the keyboard does not work at this point, then do it again (the install, that is), but make sure you flip over to F3 or F4 _before_ it gets to the point where it freezes, and then hopefully you'll see the last message before it died, which should provide some input. Ian
