Re: Nothing works

2005-07-07 Thread Thomas Leveille
On 7/7/05, Jonathan Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would recommend Greg Lehey's > "Complete FreeBSD" (note: I helped proofread the book and got a free copy > for it - but it's still a great book!). I also found "FreeBSD Unleashed" to > be pretty solid as well. FreeBSD Unleashed is the only

Re: Nothing works

2005-07-07 Thread Jonathan Arnold
Timothy McLouth wrote: I also bought a book for $47 which is useless, the title is misleading..."The design and implementation of FreeBSD" Yeah, that's not the book for newbie help. I would recommend Greg Lehey's "Complete FreeBSD" (note: I helped proofread the book and got a free copy for it

Re: Nothing works

2005-07-05 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 07:56:23PM -0700, Timothy McLouth wrote: > I also bought a book for $47 which is useless, the title is > misleading..."The design and implementation of FreeBSD" is of no use > unless you want to know what the processor is doing from start to > end No, the title describ

Re: Nothing works

2005-07-05 Thread W. D.
At 21:56 7/5/2005, Timothy McLouth wrote: >First i tried to make my own installation cd(s) from the instructions given, >they did not work so I e-mailed for answers got two different answers >neither of which worked so i bought the installation cd(s) ver 5.4...I >downloaded the manual which is o

Re: Nothing works

2005-07-05 Thread Nick Larsen
Hi, I'm guessing you have the whole installation cd (not just the boot-only), so it sounds like you have told it to get the ports you want via FTP, rather than the CD. If you run /sbin/sysinstall and go to customize -> packages, then select CD/DVD. If the ports you want are not there, then exit s

Re: Nothing works

2005-07-05 Thread E. J. Cerejo
First you should stop with this kind of sarcasm, I knew very little about FreeBSD when I first started and today I have no problems configuring it the way I want it yet yo claim to be familiar with unix and you are having such a nightmare! Something is wrong! You need to do some reading, not beca

Re: Nothing works

2005-07-05 Thread Danny Pansters
On Wednesday 6 July 2005 04:56, Timothy McLouth wrote: > First i tried to make my own installation cd(s) from the instructions > given, they did not work so I e-mailed for answers got two different > answers neither of which worked so i bought the installation cd(s) ver Pff, sounds like you had a

Nothing works

2005-07-05 Thread Timothy McLouth
First i tried to make my own installation cd(s) from the instructions given, they did not work so I e-mailed for answers got two different answers neither of which worked so i bought the installation cd(s) ver 5.4...I downloaded the manual which is of little or no use due to variations in instal

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread CHris Rich
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:40:48 -0800, Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 10:57:01AM -0600, CHris Rich wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I think you accidentally cvsupped 4.x sources. perl is not required by > > > > any part of the 5.x world/kernel build. > > > > > > > > reg

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 10:57:01AM -0600, CHris Rich wrote: > > > > > > I think you accidentally cvsupped 4.x sources. perl is not required by > > > any part of the 5.x world/kernel build. > > > > > > regards, > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > > Yes this is what i did do, what do i put in my supfile to

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread CHris Rich
> > > > I think you accidentally cvsupped 4.x sources. perl is not required by > > any part of the 5.x world/kernel build. > > > > regards, > > Ruben > > > > > Yes this is what i did do, what do i put in my supfile to get 5.x sources? *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_3 that perhaps? or do you re

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread CHris Rich
Hrmm perhaps how do I check this? On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:51:57 +0100, Ruben de Groot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 10:27:05AM -0600, CHris Rich typed: > > > > I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src > > following the instructions given by Adam

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread CHris Rich
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 18:46:38 +0200, Giorgos Keramidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2004-11-19 10:27, CHris Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src > > following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread. > > I've re

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 10:27:05AM -0600, CHris Rich typed: > I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src > following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread. > I've read the handbook pages and some other things on the web on > upgrading your system > > b

Re: Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2004-11-19 10:27, CHris Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src > following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread. > I've read the handbook pages and some other things on the web on > upgrading your system > > bui

Nothing works right when i try it, buildkernel problems..

2004-11-19 Thread CHris Rich
I'm trying to upgrade from 5.3RC1 to 5.3-RELEASE i cvsupped the src following the instructions given by Adam Smith(?) in a recent thread. I've read the handbook pages and some other things on the web on upgrading your system buildworld completes no problem, but when i try do a make buildkernel KER