FreeBSD Handbook: A.1 CDROM and DVD Publishers

In article ,
Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I attempted to find some FreeBSD 6.0 CD/DVD-ROM retailers per FreeBSD
>Handbook:

>1. CompUSA
>http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=FreeBSD&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=Free%20BSD&Dx=mode%20matchall
>http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=Free%20BSD&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=Free%20BSD&Dx=mode%20matchall
>
>Search revealed no such product.

I gave up on ConfuserUSA a long time ago.

>2. Frys Electronics
>http://www.frys.com/

>These people are an ISP, and do NOT sell any such product.

Have you checked any of the store locations given at that web site?
There are phone number for all the stores so all it would take
is a call to one the nearest you.

Use the first frame 'navigation'. 'main' takes you to where
they sell ISP services.

>3. JMC Software
>http://www.thelinuxmall.com
>
>They don't have any other page other than default one.

Why do you got to a site that is 'thelinuxmall.com' when everything
you need for freebsd is at www.freebsdmail.com. FreeBSD is NOT
Linux . Just as you don't go to a Ford dealer to by a Chevy.


>Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709
>CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192
>Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Ubuntu, Fedora, Knoppix
>More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/

I hate to be critical but with a title like that you need to
learn to search the web a bit better.

Using google and entering only freebsd 6.0 sale has the product
for sale at the first five sites listed.

Bill
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Robert Kopp wrote:
> Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I attempted to find some FreeBSD 6.0 CD/DVD-ROM retailers per FreeBSD
>>Handbook:
>>
>>1. CompUSA
>>
>
> http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=FreeBSD&Ntk=...&Nty=1&
>
> http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=Free%20BSD&N...All&Nty
>
>>Search revealed no such product.
>>
>>2. Frys Electronics
>>http://www.frys.com/
>>
>>These people are an ISP, and do NOT sell any such product.
>>
>>3. JMC Software
>>http://www.thelinuxmall.com
>>
>>They don't have any other page other than default one.
>>
>>4. The Linux Emporium
>>http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/products/freebsd/
>>
>>They still are selling power pack 5.1 only.
>>
>>5. Navarre Corp
>>http://www.navarre.com/
>>
>>Selling FreeBSD 4.8 and 5.3 as yet.
>>
>
> E-Bay has it. No problem. Of course, if you have a broadband connection and
> a CD burner, you can do it yourself. You can prepare the CD's with any OS
> that will support these devices. (The CD drive is not really essential--you
> can even install by FTP. But I would not recommend this for a beginner.)

Thanks, my friend!

NP, I already have downloaded ISO images; because I was not having a
CD-Burner around (that's why I was trying to buy the installer CD's), so
I mounted the first ISO image via loopback on a Linux machine and
successfully installed FreeBSD 6.0 via ftp from there on my DELL
Inspiron 4150 notebook. Though, sysinstall faced some problem in my
first attempt to locating file <ftppath>/6.0-RELEASE/packages/INDEX, but
looking at the directory structure of the mounted ISO image, it was not
difficult for me to supplied a correct path to sysinstall, after that
sysinstall faced no problem in the installation of FreeBSD.

I don't know whether this is bug and, or feature, it however, would have
been better if the creator of these ISO images might have symlinked the
_./packages_ directory to _./6.0-RELEASE/packages_ also. This, IMHO,
will make the life easier for beginners too.

Regards,
--
Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman Registered Linux User: #229709
CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192
Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Ubuntu, Fedora, Knoppix
More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
 >> Stay informed about: FreeBSD Handbook: A.1 CDROM and DVD Publishers 

On 12/03/05 06:05, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> In article ,
> Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I attempted to find some FreeBSD 6.0 CD/DVD-ROM retailers per FreeBSD
>>Handbook:
>
>
>>1. CompUSA
>>http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=FreeBSD&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=Free%20BSD&Dx=mode%20matchall
>>http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=Free%20BSD&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=Free%20BSD&Dx=mode%20matchall
>>
>>Search revealed no such product.
>
>
> I gave up on ConfuserUSA a long time ago.
>
>
>>2. Frys Electronics
>>http://www.frys.com/
>
>
>>These people are an ISP, and do NOT sell any such product.
>
>
> Have you checked any of the store locations given at that web site?
> There are phone number for all the stores so all it would take
> is a call to one the nearest you.
>
> Use the first frame 'navigation'. 'main' takes you to where
> they sell ISP services.
>
>
>>3. JMC Software
>>http://www.thelinuxmall.com
>>
>>They don't have any other page other than default one.
>
>
> Why do you got to a site that is 'thelinuxmall.com' when everything
> you need for freebsd is at www.freebsdmail.com. FreeBSD is NOT
> Linux . Just as you don't go to a Ford dealer to by a Chevy.

So ... why don't delete these stale links in FreeBSD Handbook?

> I hate to be critical but with a title like that you need to
> learn to search the web a bit better.

That's not a real one, it is just to make busy people like you laugh a
bit . Ha, Ha, Ha..., Ha...

> Using google and entering only freebsd 6.0 sale has the product
> for sale at the first five sites listed.

Thanks, for the response and valuable comments . BTW, I'm newbie to
FreeBSD, but not *nixs' and you will be glad to know that I have started
learning what, how and, or where to search; just try:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Dr+Balwinder+Singh+Dheeman

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CLLO (Chief Linux Learning Officer) Machines: #168573, 170593, 259192
Anu's Linux@HOME Distros: Ubuntu, Fedora, Knoppix
More: http://anu.homelinux.net/~bsd/ Visit: http://counter.li.org/
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Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
> On 12/03/05 06:05, Bill Vermillion wrote:
> > Why do you got to a site that is 'thelinuxmall.com' when everything you
> > need for freebsd is at www.freebsdmail.com. FreeBSD is NOT Linux . Just
> > as you don't go to a Ford dealer to by a Chevy.
>
> So ... why don't delete these stale links in FreeBSD Handbook?

Why not send a patch to delete them, with the reasons why, to the FreeBSD -doc
team, so they can fix the Handbook. The SGML sources for the Handbook are in
CVS, it's not difficult to get them or to patch them.

- Philip

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In article ,
Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
>On 12/03/05 06:05, Bill Vermillion wrote:
>> In article ,
>> Dr Balwinder Singh Dheeman wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I attempted to find some FreeBSD 6.0 CD/DVD-ROM retailers per FreeBSD
>>>Handbook:
>>
>>
>>>1. CompUSA
>>>http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=FreeBSD&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=Free%20BSD&Dx=mode%20matchall
>>>http://www.compusa.com/products/products.asp?N=200163&Ntt=Free%20BSD&Ntk=All&Nty=1&D=Free%20BSD&Dx=mode%20matchall
>>>
>>>Search revealed no such product.
>>
>>
>> I gave up on ConfuserUSA a long time ago.
>>
>>
>>>2. Frys Electronics
>>>http://www.frys.com/
>>
>>
>>>These people are an ISP, and do NOT sell any such product.
>>
>>
>> Have you checked any of the store locations given at that web site?
>> There are phone number for all the stores so all it would take
>> is a call to one the nearest you.
>>
>> Use the first frame 'navigation'. 'main' takes you to where
>> they sell ISP services.
>>
>>
>>>3. JMC Software
>>>http://www.thelinuxmall.com
>>>
>>>They don't have any other page other than default one.
>>
>>
>> Why do you got to a site that is 'thelinuxmall.com' when everything
>> you need for freebsd is at www.freebsdmail.com. FreeBSD is NOT
>> Linux . Just as you don't go to a Ford dealer to by a Chevy.
>
>So ... why don't delete these stale links in FreeBSD Handbook?

Things change rapildy. And there is also http://www.bsdmall.com.
Sorry I left them out the first time.

>> I hate to be critical but with a title like that you need to
>> learn to search the web a bit better.
>
>That's not a real one, it is just to make busy people like you laugh a
>bit . Ha, Ha, Ha..., Ha...
>
>> Using google and entering only freebsd 6.0 sale has the product
>> for sale at the first five sites listed.
>
>Thanks, for the response and valuable comments . BTW, I'm newbie to
>FreeBSD, but not *nixs' and you will be glad to know that I have started
>learning what, how and, or where to search; just try:
>http://www.google.com/search?q=Dr+Balwinder+Singh+Dheeman

You don't want to search on my name, you'll get overloaded.
And I just looked at my old .uucp address and see 114 articles
archived by Google. 144 from an old .org group we put together
locally with a bit over 50 Unix systems exchanging news, and 645
from my current address. [that means thousands of posts are
missing - and probably for the best!!! ]

And I just checked some old saved stats from the days when the 'net
was being pushed around on phone lines - except the big companies
locally with 56K links - and April 1991 my site was 402 in the top
1000 sites for news handling. So I've been around it for awhile
too.

And coming to FreeBSD in 1996 was like coming home as it was so
close to the first *n*x system I learned on in '83.

Bill Vermillion TMN



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Bill Vermillion wrote:
> You don't want to search on my name, you'll get overloaded. And I just
> looked at my old .uucp address and see 114 articles archived by Google. 144
> from an old .org group we put together locally with a bit over 50 Unix
> systems exchanging news, and 645 from my current address. [that means
> thousands of posts are missing - and probably for the best!!! ]
>
> And I just checked some old saved stats from the days when the 'net was
> being pushed around on phone lines - except the big companies locally with
> 56K links - and April 1991 my site was 402 in the top 1000 sites for news
> handling. So I've been around it for awhile too.
>
> And coming to FreeBSD in 1996 was like coming home as it was so close to the
> first *n*x system I learned on in '83.

You're getting old, Bill.

- Philip

--
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philip DeleteThis @paeps.cx I follow the newsgroup.

BOFH Excuse #78:
Yes, yes, its called a design limitation
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In article ,
Philip Paeps wrote:
>Bill Vermillion wrote:
>> You don't want to search on my name, you'll get overloaded. And I just
>> looked at my old .uucp address and see 114 articles archived by Google. 144
>> from an old .org group we put together locally with a bit over 50 Unix
>> systems exchanging news, and 645 from my current address. [that means
>> thousands of posts are missing - and probably for the best!!! ]
>>
>> And I just checked some old saved stats from the days when the 'net was
>> being pushed around on phone lines - except the big companies locally with
>> 56K links - and April 1991 my site was 402 in the top 1000 sites for news
>> handling. So I've been around it for awhile too.

>> And coming to FreeBSD in 1996 was like coming home as it was so close to the
>> first *n*x system I learned on in '83.

>You're getting old, Bill.

Don't remind me. But I still get paid for doing work. Such as
getting a VXA-2 tape drive running on a SuSE Linux system for a
dealer last week who had taken the training classes to make
him an expert.

But you can't be 25 and have 23 years of Unix experience either.

It's all in learning something new all the time, learning more than
you forget, and most of all - live longer than the other guy

I got my first 'home' computer in 1977. That was back in the days
when people would say "You got a what??"

Bill
Bill

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