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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!news.cybercom.net!ksmm From: ksmm@cybercom.net (The Classiest Man Alive) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: *** Is FreeBSD easy to install ??? *** Date: 25 Sep 1996 18:15:29 GMT Organization: Cyber Access Internet Communications, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <52bss1$2gg@orion.cybercom.net> References: <3248ab21.5993197@news.inetnow.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell1.cybercom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Philip Chong (pchong@inetnow.net) wrote: : Is FreeBSD easy to install? : I have a typical Dell XPS P-100. : It is a EIDE system with a NEC CD-ROM and awe-32 and #9 video card. I think FreeBSD is the most difficult OS installation I've ever done. Not that its impossible or anything, but the installer will only go so far with getting your system configured. Experience with Unix and IBM-compatible PCs will come in handy here. There have been some reports of problems with IDE CD-ROMs, however. If your CD-ROM is not recognized by FreeBSD, you can install from a hard disk partition. K.S.