Re: Noob FreeBSD 5.1 install question

2003-10-21 Thread whizkid
> Well, there's no law that says you *have* to use the ports system, but > it's pretty strange not to take advantage of something so good... > There are pre-compiled packages available, but these generally don't > track the latest upstream updates to the ported software very > efficiently. The por

Re: Noob FreeBSD 5.1 install question

2003-10-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 05:22:07PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A) I have reinstall freeBSD many times over and over. I work with W2k > machine at work and do a Unattended install when I don't want to select > the same options over and over again on multiple machines. Is there a way > I can

Re: Noob FreeBSD 5.1 install question

2003-10-20 Thread Jud
On Mon, 20 Oct 2003 17:22:07 -0400 (EDT), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi All, I am new to this list and new to freeBSD. I run a Mandrake 9.1 server and wish to convert to FreeBSD. Here are 2 questions that I have. A) I have reinstall freeBSD many times over and over. I work with W2k machine at

Noob FreeBSD 5.1 install question

2003-10-20 Thread whizkid
Hi All, I am new to this list and new to freeBSD. I run a Mandrake 9.1 server and wish to convert to FreeBSD. Here are 2 questions that I have. A) I have reinstall freeBSD many times over and over. I work with W2k machine at work and do a Unattended install when I don't want to select the same