Good Day,
I have been browsing the FreeBSD site, and am now wondering if someone could
help with a simple question.
I have been using GNULinux for about 1 1/2 years, and am happy with it,
however, I am finding that slowly it is starting to get like the other OS's.
All I am interested in is a re
I would like to move over to FreeBSD from Linux, only been there for a year.
I am starting at groung zero. I have read the hardware list for 4.9 STABLE and
5.2.1 RELEASE. All I can find in 3.1 "Disk Controller with Promise ATA100/133
OEM chip (pdc20265/69) I am using a ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe moth
I am new to FreeBSD, and have only used Linux for less than a year.
I have read the "Handbook", also "FreeBSD An open-source system for your
personal computer", they both suggest that I do a standard installation,
whereas in "The Complete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey, his suggestion is to do the
cust
I asked the question the other day, whether to do a standard install or
a custom install. This was brought about because I read several
sources, including G. Lehey's "The Complete FreeBSD"
I will be doing a Custom install. My question however, is looking at
page 70, in "The Complete FreeBSD"
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> Greetings
> Oliver Leitner
> Technical Staff
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> On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:43, Peterhin wrote:
> > I asked the question the other day, whether to do a standard
> > install or a custom install. This was brought about bec
I would like to say to all that responded to my question a big thanks.
For many of you this is old hat, for an old guy like myself who wants to
learn FreeBSD, the learning curve is steep to say the least. (Like
trying to drink from a fire hose).
I do appreciate the many different approaches to t
Is it better to leave a computer (a stand alone) running continuously or
is it OK to shut it down at the end of the day.?
I remember years ago someone mentioned that it is better for the
circuitry to leave it running.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
--
Peter
"Peace is never more tha
Good day, I am a Newbie to Freebsd and was just reading your reply
"Re. Instead of freebsd.com, why not..." and you made the comment;
"Linux is inferior to FreeBSD, and yet it is taken more seriously
because of the atmosphere around it, despite its technical inferiority"
Could you please ei
I have been reading the handbook and have started my installation, from
a CD.
However it goes straight to the sysinstall menu, it does not give me the
Kernel Configuration menu, as per the handbook. (2.3.2 Kernel
Configuration)
What am I doing wrong, or what am I missing here.?
Many Thanks.
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I am using 5.3.
My question would be how current is the handbook, I was under the
impression that it was the most current of all the sources for Freebsd.
Am I wrong.?
Thanks for your quick reply.
On February 14, 2005 21:47, you wrote:
> On Monday 14 February 2005 08:17 pm, Peterhin wrote:
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I have just installed Freebsd 5.3 using a standard install, with all
packages, and ports.
When I go to Configure X (as per the handbook 2.9.12) using "Configure"
Do post-install configuration of Freebsd, in the Configuration menu
there is no sub menu "XFree86"
Where did I go wrong.?
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Pete
On February 15, 2005 12:09, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:55 am, Peterhin wrote:
> > I have just installed Freebsd 5.3 using a standard install, with
> > all packages, and ports.
> >
> > When I go to Configure X (as per the handbook 2.9.12) using
>
On February 15, 2005 14:22, you wrote:
> Peterhin wrote:
> >On February 15, 2005 12:09, you wrote:
> >>On Tuesday 15 February 2005 10:55 am, Peterhin wrote:
> >>>I have just installed Freebsd 5.3 using a standard install, with
> >>>all packages, and port
I have installed Freebsd 5.3, and I am at Chapter 5.6 of the handbook,
and really can't figure out where to go from here.
How do I start XDM? or do I do that with 'startx'. If so I have a
further problem, in that when I try 'startx' I get 'Fatal server error;
no screens found' also 'X connectio
I have 5.3 installed, and am trying to get my dial-up going.
In the handbook under 21.2.1.2 when I try to do a
'cd /dev'
'sh MAKEDEV tun0'
I get "can't open makedev: No such file or directory"
I also tried using G. Lehey instructions from his book, I get to the
point where the external mod
On February 25, 2005 14:09, you wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 12:11:34PM -0500, Peterhin wrote:
> > I have 5.3 installed, and am trying to get my dial-up going.
> > In the handbook under 21.2.1.2 when I try to do a
> > 'cd /dev'
> > 'sh MAKEDE
OK here is what I get when I
'ps ax | grep ppp'
'202 ?? ls 0:00.04 /usr/sbin/ppp -quiet -auto -nat papchap'
FYI. the modem does disconnect after the '300sec'.
and I can re-dial to get the connection again, so that all works fine.
Also I think what is happening is that on boot-up once it gets t
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