Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
lee slaughter wrote:
from mini cd, just for educational purposes.
this is known as the base distribution, right?
only 123MB. what does one do next? /usr/ports isn't even there.
there is no discussion in handbook.
thanks.
This has been discussed r
Troy Settle wrote:
...
Once installed, I grab the cvsup package (via FTP of course), which I use to
get the ports collection and bring the box up to -STABLE.
FWIW, once you've completed the minimal installation from the mini image,
you can change your media from CDROM to FTP, and continue on
from mini cd, just for educational purposes.
this is known as the base distribution, right?
only 123MB.
what does one do next? /usr/ports isn't even there.
there is no discussion in handbook.
thanks.
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Peter Risdon wrote:
lee slaughter wrote:
again, thanks everybody.
there should be a note to this effect in handbook.
The handbook does mention it, sort of.
sort of. it alludes to the antiquity if ISA anyway.
i'll use send-pr(8) maybe and complain about it.
tks.
lee
http://www.freebs
Matthew Seaman wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:33:25AM -0800, lee slaughter wrote:
I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD.
1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode,
no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section
i
Matthew Seaman wrote:
On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:33:25AM -0800, lee slaughter wrote:
...kernel config menu, visual mode,
no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section
i see a little list of only six.
question 1: this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it?
there
Peter Risdon wrote:
lee slaughter wrote:
I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD.
1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode,
no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section
i see a little list of only six.
question 1: th
I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD.
1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode,
no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section
i see a little list of only six.
question 1: this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it?
there's no
i'll try tar alone and see what happens.
that didn't work either. it should.
stumped.
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Example of a test of this method (running burncd at low speed to make
sure tar+gzip can keep up):
===
# tar -czf - temp/* | burncd -f /dev/acd0c -s 2 data - fixate
next writeable LBA 0
writing from stdin
written this track 3760 KB total 3760 KB
fixating CD, please wait..
#
# mkdir temptemp
# cd
How do I direct my output to a file so I can review it to find the reason or
at least post it to this forum? I want the output dumped to a file and
display on the monitor at the same time. Last time I tried using > the
monitor was blank but there was nothing in the file.
man tee
There is no filesystem support for mounting gzipped tar files as
filesystems, so you'll have to use it as a raw device.
tar -xzf /dev/acd1
should extract the data.
no, i tried it with tar file. it got maybe 20% of way thru with
unexpected eof.
with tar.gz:
tar: /dev/acd1: Cannot read: Inp
Danny Pansters wrote:
On Friday 12 March 2004 00:04, lee slaughter wrote:
hi.
i make a tar.gz backup file.
isburncd -f /dev/acd1 datafixate
the right syntax? is "data" the correct type? i cannot tell
from burncd manpage.
What you called should be the ISO (top of
hi.
i make a tar.gz backup file.
isburncd -f /dev/acd1 datafixate
the right syntax? is "data" the correct type? i cannot tell
from burncd manpage.
thanks.
lee
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rtfm. sorry.
however
mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd1 /cdrom gives "cd9660: /dev/acd1: Invalid
argument"
???
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doing a backup:
burncd -f /dev/acd1 data /home/backups/rtfm.lees.20030311.tar.gz fixate
mount /dev/acd1 /cdromgives "incorrect super block"
is an iso9660 format expected?
where does one look for error messages?
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Bart Silverstrim wrote:
I guess what would really help (especially for newer users) is a
reference or howto with definitive steps on how to do this, as in a
step by step guide or script on how to keep your system up to date
after a fresh install and keeping it up to date thereafter...does this
is empty.
???
the other releases are ok.
why might this be?
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doh!
Jonathan T. Sage wrote:
Heh. are you goofy? :) j/k.
apparently.
Note that the original sender address on these was spoofed (see also:
faked)
In actuallity, it is Netsky-D (probably, I'm not opening it).
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I hesitate to ask this because it sounds stupid.
I went down to the tech book store and bought freeBSD on CD's.
it happened to be 5.1.
I, a neophyte, assumed it was "kosher".
I bought it and installed it on 2 machines and pretty much ok so far.
Now I've been reading about the STABLE and CURRENT
this reminds this newbie: is there any documentation on freebsd
(system) error messages ?
Derrick MacPherson wrote:
I started seeing this today:
Feb 4 07:00:00 mail /kernel: (da1:ahc0:0:2:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 2 c 1 5f
0 0 10 0
Feb 4 07:00:00 mail /kernel: (da1:ahc0:0:2:0): MEDIUM ERRO
LE comes
out... and not always upgrading?
tks. this is a great os and a great support group, btw.
lee slaughter
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