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DATE | 2003-07-18 |
FROM | akbar pasha
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] 2 questions
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thanx to one and all for the thots and advice. thanx sunny, adam, bob and all. adam i will re-think ur 2nd thots. :)
you all have a great weekend/
::akbar
On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 00:42, Sunny Dubey wrote: > On Friday 18 July 2003 12:00 am, akbar pasha wrote: > > i would be thankful for any of the opinions.... > > > > > > 1. just out of curiosity i bought openBSD the other day. now is it going > > to eat up my whole weekend if i try to install it? or is it just as easy > > as linux installation? i can just pop in the CD and probably know, but > > just wanted to know whether its gonna be a rough ride bfore i jump in.or > > come to know of some precautions from wise ppl here. > > I think its a great idea to spend time something rather new and totally > different. There are a few things that should be noted .... > > First, the install script is one massive shell script (pretty good shell > scripting too). So the install process itself is very very simple. > > Next, BSD have this thing called disklabel. And basically if you aren't > careful, you could end up wiping your sytem. To make thing worse the > disklabel editing tool Openbsd ships with is rather confusing. so BE SURE to > read up on it before attempting an install. And do make backups of > everything and anything. > > Last time I installed Obsd (2.9 or so), the OS needed a primary partition, I > have no idea if this is the case, but it may very well be. Also the first > partition within the BSD disklabel should be the root file sytem. > > You may have to reinstall lilo ... (assuming it does or does not give you a > choice.) > > Lastly, do look at http://www.gobie.net/ It is a graphical OpenBSD installer. > > hope that helps > > > 2. i am looking for any used fujitsu lifebook. if someone is planning to > > sell or aware of some good place where i can buy one. that would be > > great. coz my toshiba is a bitch when i have to carry it (i can already > > see ruben smiling). the 8 pounder...geez what was i thinking when i > > bought it..... > > It might just be cheaper/safer to get a new laptop from dell. > > Sunny Dubey > > Have a good weekend! > ____________________________ > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > Fair Use - > because it's either fair use or useless.... > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc >
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