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Subject: A couple of simple questions
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I've just installed 386bsd on my 386/33 (4MB Ram, 51 MB 386bsd partition,
30 MB DOS partition).  I have a couple of basic questions that I didn't see
covered in the FAQ.

What is the best way to shut the system down?  I looked through the man pages,
but it's still a little fuzzy to me as to exactly what I need to do before I
hit the power switch (or press Reset or Ctrl-Alt-Del).

Is there some basic Unix system administration info available for ftp
somewhere relevant to 386bsd?  I spent a couple of years in DOS, and got
pretty good at it (not saying much, I know).  I'm ready now I think to make
the move to something bigger and better, but it's a weird feeling, not knowing
the basic ins-an-outs of the system.  Tomorrow I'm going to search for a book,
but some online stuff would be a great help.

Please forgive the ignorance of this question, but is there a way someone
could dialin to my computer through my 2400 baud modem, login and use the
system?  Are there special drivers I must get?  I don't have the disk space
to recompile the kernel, if that's required.

Thank you very much.

Erick.