Newbie Question - looking for suggestions of small ports to install on stand-alone system without internet connection

2006-10-06 Thread ograbme
I would like a few recommendations for small ports to try to install on my stand-alone machine. The stand-alone machine does not have connection to the internet; however, I do have a set of four (4)CD from the FreeBSD Mall and two (2) of the CD's have 'ports' on them. I would like to select

What assembler(s) do you folks use with FreeBSD?

2006-10-02 Thread ograbme
Howdy folks, I've been playing with the gcc compiler along with Perl 5.8.8 (both supplied with FreeBSD) and have enjoyed it. I got to thinking about what assemblers (hopefully of the 'free' variety) you folks have used or may be using on FreeBSD. In my case, the standalone platforms contain

Has anyone on this list set up an internet connection using a Westell WireSpeed ADSL modem? If so, please

2006-09-26 Thread ograbme
let me know what gotcha's, if any, I should be aware of. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re[2]: Has anyone on this list set up an internet connection using a Westell WireSpeed ADSL modem? If so, please

2006-09-26 Thread ograbme
Hello Josh, Tuesday, September 26, 2006, 7:03:40 PM, you wrote: JC I use a Westell 6100 without problems with FreeBSD. It is setup in JC bridge mode and works great. JC I wrote some software (http://wdiag.sourceforge.net) if you want to JC query the DSL line stats/etc. Depending which model you

What do I need in FreeBSD 6.1 OS to be able to read a USB Dane/Electric 256 MB thumb drive?

2006-09-15 Thread ograbme
Howdy. I've been going round and round here trying to simply read a USB thumb drive. I've searched many web sites, read the various messages on this list, the Handbook and other sources, but nothing is very clear to me at the moment. I think I have bits and pieces, but haven't been able to put

Newbie Question - what does the ...-p6 mean?

2006-09-14 Thread ograbme
Hello All. Thursday, September 14, 2006, 4:24:43 AM, RJ45 wrote in regards to his message titled Memory problem: snip R I am running FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p6 build with buildworld. snip What does the -p6 nomenclature represent in the above statement? I've noticed some messages have contained

Re[2]: The Ports collection / FreeBSD CDs

2006-09-13 Thread ograbme
to the person who posted FS in the first place as they may not be subscribed to the list. Yes, this was my line of thinking, but don't want to upset anyone as I am a newbie here. ;) FS Welcome to FreeBSD! Thanks. Appreciate it, Frank. -- Best regards, ograbme

Re[2]: The Ports collection / FreeBSD CDs

2006-09-12 Thread ograbme
Howdie Jeff (if I may) and others, Tuesday, September 12, 2006, 6:41:38 AM, you wrote: JR On 12/09/06, Arindam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I chose not to install the ports collection because as of now, I do not have access to Internet in my home-network and it would take a little while