Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

+ David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on an old PC. I have bought a new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig disk, to replace the old one. I will have only one disk in the PC. I am looking to build using boot floppies and FTP

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:37:07 -0800 Nerius Landys [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: correct me if I'm wrong someone. It seems that the issue is a hardware issue. For example, try a different jumper configuration on the back of the physical hard drive. Also, there are probably two places on the IDE

Re: formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

On Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:48:07 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on an old PC. I have bought a new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig disk, to replace the old one. I will have only one disk in the PC. I am looking to build using boot

formatting disk for FreeBSD : Detecting IDE Primary Master ... [Press F4 to skip]

Hi Guys, I'm trying to install FreeBSD 6.3 on an old PC. I have bought a new Maxtor DiamondMax 80Gig disk, to replace the old one. I will have only one disk in the PC. I am looking to build using boot floppies and FTP. There is no CD drive on the PC. When I turn the PC on the

SAMBA newbie

I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time fileserver. I simply wish to exchange files ocassionally, e.g. copy FreeBSD backup files to the XP box to burn on CD. I used to use anon ftp for this type of thing

Re: SAMBA newbie

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box. I am the only user of both. I don't want to share files or act as a full time

Re: SAMBA newbie

On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:59:32 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 02:15:28 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:28:52 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake thus: I have a FreeBSD 5.3 machine and a Windoze XP box

(dis)connecting printer port

Is it safe to disconnect connect printer from printer port while machines are running ? or do I need to shutdown ? I want to swap it between my FrreBSD Windoze box ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

apachectl startssl at boot time ?

Hi, I can start apache with SSL ok from the command line apachectl startssl I've now put the following into /etc/rc.conf hoping that it will start at boot time. apache_enable=YES apache_flags=startssl This starts Apache on boot time but not with SSL Any ideas where I'm going wrong ? It

Re: apachectl startssl at boot time ?

On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 11:48:24 -0500 (EST) Ean Kingston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I can start apache with SSL ok from the command line apachectl startssl I've now put the following into /etc/rc.conf hoping that it will start at boot time. apache_enable=YES

choosing an email client

Hi, I've just installed 5.3 with Gnome window manager. I see there are loads of email clients available but haven't found any reviews. Are there any reviews out there which compare / contrast / recommend ? I'd like something lightweight but with a GUI. Not PINE but not a 'Outlook' type thing.

Re: choosing an email client

On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 16:50:24 +0200 Adi Pircalabu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 09:21:10 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like something lightweight but with a GUI. Not PINE but not a 'Outlook' type thing. I second the other 2 guys recommending Sylpheed

Dual boot with XP

I'm going to by a laptop with wondoze XP pre installed soon. The machine will have one IDE disk. Am I right in thinking that I can install FreeBSD also without having to re-install XP ? Ive searched the mailing list and found info on how to achieve dual boot with multiple disks but how do i

php5-5.0.0.2 mod_php5-5.0.2,1

Hello, I've just installed FreeBSD 5.3. I did install using FTP from the main UK ftp server. I'm trying to use PHP with Apache. Am I right in thinking I need to install both php mod_php ? I can install either of the following OK from ports or packages. php5-5.0.0.2 mod_php5-5.0.2,1 But,

Re: php5-5.0.0.2 mod_php5-5.0.2,1 - should be php5-5.0.2 mod_php5-5.0.2,1

Sorry, I got those version numbers wrong, let me try again what I'm getting is ... # make install === Installing for php5-5.0.2 === php5-5.0.2 conflicts with installed package(s): mod_php5-5.0.2,1 They install files into the same place. Please remove them first with

specifying the X window manager

I have installed my favourite X window manager. Can someone remind me how to configure startx to use it Thanks To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: XFree86 configuration

4 days of XFree86 hell and still no further forward I have tried # XFree86 -configure this appears to recognise my graphics card and creates a file /root/XF86Config.new when I try # XFree86 -xf86config XF86Config.new a low resolution grey grid with an X mouse cursor appears and the

Re: XFree86 configuration

Wiroth Didier wrote: On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 17:35:14 + David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed 4.7 on a new machine and all seems well except the XFree86 is only working on the default VGA mode. What previous step did you make, or what have you done here? Did you type

Re: Determining Ram

Dragoncrest wrote: I've got a rather odd question, but I'm looking for the easiest way to determin how much ram I have on a given system without rebooting it. I'm sure that there is some kind of console command that tells me that info, but I have no idea where to begin looking to

Re: CD installation problem

Mike Meyer wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Larkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I was wondering if any subscibers to this list recognise the following problem. I just purchased 2 identical machines and I am looking to install 4.7 from CD. [...] It then formats the hard disk ok

Re: CD installation problem

Just for the record ... I wasn't able to persuade FreeBSD to recognise the drive, but changing the CDROM drive to another model fixed the problem. All ok now. I was wondering if any subscibers to this list recognise the following problem. I just purchased 2 identical machines and I am

XFree86 configuration

I just installed 4.7 on a new machine and all seems well except the XFree86 is only working on the default VGA mode. Configuring X is a complete nightmare, am I missing something ? I haven't a clue what sync rates my monitor has and have no manual for it., also I intend moving the server to a

CD installation problem

I was wondering if any subscibers to this list recognise the following problem. I just purchased 2 identical machines and I am looking to install 4.7 from CD. Both machines exhibit exactly the same behavior, so I'm pretty sure it is not defective hardware. The machine boots from CD successfully

Imagemagick mogrify TMPDIR

Hi, I've just installed Imagemagick from the ports directory ImageMagick-5.4.7-1 I'm having problems running a simple mogrify and reported this to the Imagemagick mail list who suggested it was because I hadn't set the environment variable TMPDIR. I've now tried doing that by placing setenv