On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:06:51PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> Does anyone know the magic incantation that will permit me to install
> FreeBSD on this new machine of mine (nVidia chipset, SATA1 disk
> controller)?
>
> I've been trying for a week or so now, with no luck. Just out of
> cu
On 10 Oct 2008 at 22:08, Brian wrote:
> Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> > Does anyone know the magic incantation that will permit me to install
> > FreeBSD on this new machine of mine (nVidia chipset, SATA1 disk
> > controller)?
> >
> > I've been trying for a week or so now, with no luck. Just o
On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:17:24 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>People will use whatever gets the job done for them. If it doesn't,
>users *will* switch to another operating system, and there is
>absolutely nothing wrong with that. Why? Because reality states:
>solving problems i
On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:44:03PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>> they're committing a sin by using another operating system. Open source
>> is about freedom of choice -- if FreeBSD doesn't work for you or get the
>> job done, and Linux does, then use Linux! If Windows works for you, use
>> Win
they're committing a sin by using another operating system. Open source
is about freedom of choice -- if FreeBSD doesn't work for you or get the
job done, and Linux does, then use Linux! If Windows works for you, use
Windows! There's absolutely no shame in that. Blind, one-sided
except when
On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:06:51PM -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
> Does anyone know the magic incantation that will permit me to install
> FreeBSD on this new machine of mine (nVidia chipset, SATA1 disk
> controller)?
This information is too vague. We need to know *exactly*:
1) What motherb
Conrad J. Sabatier wrote:
Does anyone know the magic incantation that will permit me to install
FreeBSD on this new machine of mine (nVidia chipset, SATA1 disk
controller)?
I've been trying for a week or so now, with no luck. Just out of
curiosity, I downloaded and ran Ubuntu 8.x, and it rec
Does anyone know the magic incantation that will permit me to install
FreeBSD on this new machine of mine (nVidia chipset, SATA1 disk
controller)?
I've been trying for a week or so now, with no luck. Just out of
curiosity, I downloaded and ran Ubuntu 8.x, and it recognized all of
my hardware