On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Andrew Y Ng wrote: > On 0, "P. U. Kruppa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And ... if you know Linux you can easily install and setup > > FreeBSD on your machine and find out everything yourself. > > that's not really true, the RH installer is a lot easier to use for most ppl > than sysinstall. for some reason I prefer sysinstall though, probably because > I used to install NetBSD with their textbased installer and never had a > problem with it. You are right. When I started playing around with Linux (it was Slackware at that time) the installation menu looked like sysinstall. So it was easy to convert to FreeBSD. Though, sysinstall gives you the chance to start with a lean, minimal system and extend things the way you like.
> /ayn > > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, James Hicks wrote: > > > > > To whom it may concern, > > > My name is James. I'm a junior college graduate with an A.S. degree in > > > Computer Applications. I took a class in UNIX about a year ago. The os we > > > used was Mandrake Linux. I've learned to like Red Hat and have version 8.0 > > > on my home machine. I have been doing a lot of reading in magazines like > > > pcmagazine and sought info online using sources like the freebsd homepage, > > > zdnet, cnet, etc. I'm hearing alot of your UNIX os. I have a few questions > > > about the system. First of all, is freebsd a real UNIX? By that I'm asking > > > whether or not there is real UNIX code in it or is it a clone just like > > > linux is? Second, what type of file system does it use? Does it have a > > > journaling one like ext3? Do UNIX systems require any kind of defrag? I was > > > told by my UNIX instructor that freebsd had hardware recognition trouble. Is > > > this true and if so has it been fixed? I have also read that a lot of > > > sysadmins are nervous of putting mission critical apps on a enterprise linux > > > system and prefer to use freebsd. What is the problem that I'm hearing that > > > linux has? Do you believe the berkeley system to have code that has better > > > stability than the GNU systems? I look forward to your reply. Thanks > > > > > > James Hicks > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > > > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > *-----------------------------------* > > * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * > > * - Wuppertal - * > > * Germany * > > *-----------------------------------* > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > andrew y ng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://andrewng.com > > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 9BFC594C > fingerprint : 46a1 29ff 893a 0381 dc81 1e1e bed8 e882 9bfc 594c > > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
