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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!garlic.com!news.scruz.net!kithrup.com!news.Stanford.EDU!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.ingress.net!news.new-york.net!tzlink.j51.com!usenet From: landau@yu1.yu.edu (k) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: A Serious article for the FreeBSD support group Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 00:36:37 GMT Organization: TZ-Link, a public-access online community in Nyack, NY. Lines: 32 Message-ID: <4qcqts$t61@tzlink.j51.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pma18.j51.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 I recently purchased the FreeBSD cdrom from crom.com (I'll consider the plushie if the price goes down :) I must say however, that installing the system if far from easy. The first problem many people have is obviously an unrecognized cdrom drive. I'm resourceful... so I get a plethora of those floppies and feed them to my machine. Now my BASIC system is up and running. My problem is that this is where the manual stops! It never mentions that if you leave the system alone and come back on the following day you'll get an error that you have not configured sendmail. To the support group *** please realize that many people want to learn how to unix (this does not mean that they already know it!!) Now I've asked my questions here on the newsgroup and I will be able to configure the application, but what lies ahead? What else has no one ever told me about? These issues must be addressed if FreeBSD is ever to be an operating system that people can install at home and use. Why isn't sendmail placed in the setup as a mandatory install requirement? I hate to say it, but I see plenty of people out there complaining that they can not install the software. I personally feel that someone out there should write up a FAQ which takes a user through a theoretical install and tell the user what he will have to configure. I would be more than glad to do this myself if someone would help guide me in the installation process. If any of you are interested in this joint venture please email me at kenny@essutton.com I am determined to get this thing to work! (even though I have yet to use the CD I bought) Ken