>> [dang, that name sounds familiar] > A swaplist deal? A flame war? Who knows?
I used to subscribe to Classic... got unsub'ed for some unknown reason & never rejoined. Maybe there? > I'm beginning to be glad that I asked first. I have a > number of laptops and I thought it'd be a fun project. No argument there -- it *will* be a fun project, if you're not completely lost from the start. If you just remember the magic word, [EMAIL PROTECTED], you should be fine. You Are Not Alone. :-D > ... I was looking for > a simple system to run a RTF word processor. No > charts, no footnotes, just fiction (or lies, damn > lies, if you like). Oh yeah, I forgot about TED. http://www.nllgg.nl/Ted/ The web page describes TED as "having the role of Wordpad on MS-Windows" so it's probably up to that kind of work. > ... This seems to > be an all or nothing type deal. It's not -- correct me > if I'm wrong -- like throwing on system 6 and using > Word 4. The pain of learning the install process I can > handle but in the end it's sounding like building a > car that can't get out of the driveway. Well, if it doesn't work out you can always reformat the hard drive & reload MacOS. "All or nothing" is a bit of an exaggeration. And I'd say it's more like building a dune buggy -- it isn't all that comfortable on the highway but it will go lots of places a sedan won't. My own experience says it helps -- a lot -- if you are fairly familiar with the Un*x way of doing things before you attempt an install. But seriously, the only really hard part is deciding on a partitioning scheme. There's no cookbook for that; you have to play it by ear, depending on what you're using the computer for & how big your hard drive is. OTOH, I or others (probably more capable) here could suggest a partitioning scheme. NetBSD installation is fairly straightforward -- you partition the hard drive (leaving enough space for a minimal MacOS), install MacOS, run the installer & install the core packages. I have some instructions that I wrote up that pretty much get you through the basic setup. Once you have a basic command-line system running, you can add the X11 packages & anything else you'd like. Once you're there, you can stop fiddling & start using. :-) -- Larry Kollar, Senior Technical Writer, ARRIS "Content creators are the engine that drives value in the information life cycle." -- Barry Schaeffer, on XML-Doc -- MaX-list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MaX-list info: <http://lowendmac.com/linux/max.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/max-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
