Can't install from CD

[Johnson David]

On Sunday 13 April 2003 05:18 pm, Thanjee Neefam wrote:

> I thought that installation problems were very valid newbie issues.
> If you can't even install FreeBSD, how can you ever get beyond
> newbie?

The FreeBSD mailing list hierarchy is different from the Linux mailing 
lists. We are NOT separated into -newbies, -intermediate, and 
-advanced. All questions of a technical nature should go to -questions, 
regardless of your experience level, with the exception of technical 
questions belongs to a more specialized list.

The purpose of -newbies is for newbies to hang out, chat, and discuss 
issues related to -newbies. We can certainly ask questions. Just not 
technical questions.

The reason for not allowing technical questions is that this list is 
inhabited by newbies. Think about it. Do you want your technical 
question answered by someone with no experience? I sure don't! I've 
seen this problem on Linux. Someone joins a Linux newbie list, asks a 
question, gets ten wrong answers, and then proceeds to screw up their 
machine.

FreeBSD cannot afford to have an *official* list provide the public with 
erroneous and misleading information. Our reputation for excellence is 
too important to lose.

David