Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman > wrote: > > On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: > >>> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It > >>> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my > syste

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 22 June 2012 11:44, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: >>> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It >>> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my system >>> > but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a whole bunch of stuff. >

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Jun 22, 2012 10:42 AM, "Eitan Adler" wrote: > > On 21 June 2012 04:24, Fred Morcos wrote: > > > > Introduction and background > > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In > > other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting >

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 22/06/2012 18:40, Eitan Adler wrote: >> q) Is there a place where all sysctl variables are documented? It >> > occurred to me when I was trying to find the memory usage on my system >> > but `sysctl -a | grep mem' shows a whole bunch of stuff. > You can try sysctl -ad but most of the systls are

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 21 June 2012 04:24, Fred Morcos wrote: > >                     Introduction and background > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In > other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting > to ports when really needed? To an extent. It is currently

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:14:54 +0200 (CEST), Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that > > the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after > > that "accident", it runs fine again. :-) > > > And finally unless doing tests or using privat

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hi, On Thursday 21 June 2012 23:55:38 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:26 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > > q) Is it possible to get native resolution on the console? I played > > with vesa and vidcontrol but could never get what I wan

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

the experimental development branch -HEAD, it _might_ happen that the system doesn't even compile, but updated 30 minutes after that "accident", it runs fine again. :-) And finally unless doing tests or using private not-really-important computer, don't just install newest FreeBSD because it's o

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:24:26 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > wrote: > >> I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most > >> impressed with it so far. > > > > > > rather huge difference. If you use the "right" Linusi, you can gain

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Maybe a hint. I leave always one big release out. With other words. If you start now with 9, you do not have to move to 10 but you can stick with 9 until 11 comes out. You do not even have to upgrade at the spot. my as i do - i for now run FreeBSD 8, and will run 9 when it will be needed with n

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hi, On Thursday 21 June 2012 18:24:26 Fred Morcos wrote: > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar > > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? In > other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only resorting > to ports when really needed? you can run

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

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Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 21/06/2012 12:24, Fred Morcos wrote: > q) I am currently considering 3 disks for a home micro-server, with > ZFS striping with the third disk being a parity disk. In case I decide > to buy a fourth disk in the future and add it to the pool, is ZFS > capable of re-structuring the data on-the-fly

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Fred Morcos writes: > q) Is it possible to run a FreeBSD system without much building? > In other words, can I survive by depending on packages and only > resorting to ports when really needed? Mostly, yes. There are down-sides, but if you're building a client where specific function

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" I will go with a single thread. I will also try to keep it as short

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most >> impressed with it so far. > > > rather huge difference. > > >> Secondly (and probably stating the obvious), the handbook >> >>

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

I'm quite new to FreeBSD too (RHEL/Fedora background), and am most impressed with it so far. rather huge difference. Secondly (and probably stating the obvious), the handbook is the place I always look first. and third - manuals. T

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

These are good guidelines to follow: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/article.html Try to avoid X Y problems. Initiating it with the root question will give the best results. On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Fred Morcos wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:32:24 +0200, Fred Morcos wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most > comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would > like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in > a single email

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message or should I split them by subject/topic into different emails? split

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hi, On Wednesday 20 June 2012 19:32:24 Fred Morcos wrote: > > I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most > comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would > like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all > in a single email message o

Re: New to FreeBSD - Some questions

On 6/20/12 2:32 PM, Fred Morcos wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most > comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would > like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all > in a single email message or sho

New to FreeBSD - Some questions

Hello all, I am new to FreeBSD, coming from a GNU/Linux background (most comfortable with Archlinux). I compiled a series of questions I would like to ask in different areas and categories. Should I send them all in a single email message or should I split them by subject/topic into different emai