Funny you make the suggestion.  I've been thinking along those same lines=
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However, I have a C++ class to pay attention too and my computer at home =
is
kaput>  :(  I know I'm breaking your heart!  Anyway I plan on writing up =
at
least in outline form a sort of installation check list.  Especially sinc=
e I
have discovered that NetBSD installs on boxes where FreeBSD and Linux fai=
l
too.

blymn@baesystems.com.au (Brett Lymn) wrote:
> According to Petra Hofmann:
> >
> >Thank you.  To me the problem with the documentation is that it assume=
s to
> >much.  (My problem)
> =

> No, not really your problem - this is the fault of the documentation.
> The problem is that the people who write the documentation, and I
> include myself in this, fall into the habit of believing that
> _everyone_ knows about /etc/hosts or ifconfig or something.  This is
> not really the case.  If you would really like to help the NetBSD
> cause you could write down what you did to get a working system going
> and what caused you grief.  We could then use this as a starting
> document for a Win32 to NetBSD transition guide or something of that
> nature.  If you (or anyone else out there who has had the same
> struggle) can just give me the basic words I can massage it into a
> document to be put onto the NetBSD web pages so we can at least start
> solving the problem.
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