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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.new-york.net!tzlink.j51.com!usenet From: landau@yu1.yu.edu (k) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Help me write a FAQ so that many can benefit (calling all wise men.. women r OK 2 ) Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 00:10:09 GMT Organization: TZ-Link, a public-access online community in Nyack, NY. Lines: 33 Message-ID: <4rf2ca$4t1@tzlink.j51.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pmb8.j51.com X-Newsreader: Forte Agent .99.82 Hello there, I've been trying to install and setup freeBSD (and I even bought the CD with the manual), however it seems far to difficult for the average DOS user to setup. I am therefore asking for input from the experts. I have just completed installing the basic system from floppies b/c I can not yet get my CDROM to work. Forgetting about the CDROM for a moment. It seems that the first nesecity is to configure the machine so that there is a valid local host and then setup (or disable) sendmail so that you don't get an error message every morning you come in. Can enyone out there (be specific) tell me exactly which files I will have to edit and maybe give some examples as to what the possible entries might look like. My point in doing all of this is to go through the setup step by step and record everything I do so that people who ask questions here can get some real answers. (not ones like "use the atapi.flp to configure the CDROM" <- advice is good, but instructions are better) Thank you for your time I hope there is someone out there who is interested in helping. Thanks Ken