FreeBSD setup was easy as pie
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Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about setting up a *nix system. I went with FreeBSD, and got the system downloaded, setup and running this afternoon. All this on a IBM 770 laptop, which is known for having incompatibilities. Well, I'm off to relearn all of the UNIX commands that I've forgotten.
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Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about setting up a *nix system. I went with FreeBSD, and got the system downloaded, setup and running this afternoon. All this on a IBM 770 laptop, which is known for having incompatibilities. Well, I'm off to relearn all of the UNIX commands that I've forgotten.
Stuart van Weele wrote: Well, I'm off to relearn all of the UNIX commands that I've forgotten. This is the easy part. The fun one will be how many files in /etc/ you'll destroy with vi because you forgot the commands :)
It's not the fall that kills you: it's the sudden stop - Down by Law, Jim Jamursch (1986)
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Stuart van Weele wrote: Well, I'm off to relearn all of the UNIX commands that I've forgotten. This is the easy part. The fun one will be how many files in /etc/ you'll destroy with vi because you forgot the commands :)
It's not the fall that kills you: it's the sudden stop - Down by Law, Jim Jamursch (1986)
su rm -rf /etc/passwd Doh! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)!
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su rm -rf /etc/passwd Doh! ¡El diablo está en mis pantalones! ¡Mire, mire! Real Mentats use only 100% pure, unfooled around with Sapho Juice(tm)!
Jim Crafton wrote: su su? su is for sissies that fear themselves :)
It's not the fall that kills you: it's the sudden stop - Down by Law, Jim Jamursch (1986)
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Jim Crafton wrote: su su? su is for sissies that fear themselves :)
It's not the fall that kills you: it's the sudden stop - Down by Law, Jim Jamursch (1986)
Hmm, I haven't used su before. Does that mean I should have accounts other than root? Maybe I should put a password on my root account too :) -BestSnowman
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Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about setting up a *nix system. I went with FreeBSD, and got the system downloaded, setup and running this afternoon. All this on a IBM 770 laptop, which is known for having incompatibilities. Well, I'm off to relearn all of the UNIX commands that I've forgotten.
Which version did you install? 5.0 or 4.8? -BestSnowman
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Which version did you install? 5.0 or 4.8? -BestSnowman
-CURRENT is the way to go ;) -- Sometimes I feel nobody gives me no warning Find my head is always up in the clouds in a dreamworld
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Which version did you install? 5.0 or 4.8? -BestSnowman
Version 4.8. I strongly believe in waiting for a few dot releases before moving to a new system. Perhaps I'll upgrade to 5.2 or 5.3.