RE: Mailing List

["Charles D. Burgess" <cdburgess75@yahoo.com>]

> Are there any discussion forums for 'complete' beginners? 
> 
Mr. Kafka,
   To answer just one of your questions.  Yes, there is an OpenBSD
forum that you can goto being a complete newbie and all.  Your invited.
http://www.openbsdpost.net (please create a username)
Dave

--- Stephane Matis <smatis@hyperchip.com> wrote:
> 2.8 running on the exact same box, to my right. 
> 
> Wes, I guess Do*Box runs OpenBSD ? Any idea when you guys will have
> some
> pricing/more technical data ?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Stephane
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-misc@openbsd.org [mailto:owner-misc@openbsd.org]On Behalf
> Of
> Wes Peters
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 3:55 PM
> To: Joseph Kafka
> Cc: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Mailing List
> 
> 
> Joseph Kafka wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am completely new to Unix/Linux.
> 
> You've come to the right place.  Almost.  As Jeremy Reed explained,
> the misc mailing list is more appropriate for this sort of question;
> I have cc'd a copy of this reply to that list and directed replies
> to it as well.
> 
> > Are there any discussion forums for 'complete' beginners?
> > Can I run OpenBSD v2.8 on a P-III 933 MHz.
> > I have a new Dell Dimension 4100...nVidia G-Force 256,
> > 815e chipset...any compatability issues?
> 
> Yes, I'm terribly sorry to report that such a machine will run
> OpenBSD
> only on *my* desktop, not on yours.  ;^)
> 
> In order to get specific information about compatibility issues, we
> would need to know the motherboard chipset, network driver chipset,
> etc.  The easiest way to determine if OpenBSD is going to work (it 
> almost certainly will) is to boot from an OpenBSD CD-ROM or boot 
> floppy.  You can download a boot floppy from the FTP server; see
> 
> 	http://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html
> 
> > Any installation
> > guides and so forth. Is it safer to use OpenBSD on the
> > internet rather than Windows 2000 Pro?
> 
> Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
> 
> Sorry, I've regained my composure now.  Yes.
> 
> -- 
>             "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
> 
> Wes Peters <wes@dobox.com>                                     System
> Architect
> http://www.dobox.com/                                               
> DoBox
> Inc.
> 
> 


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