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

2005-07-07 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 one I

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

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

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

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

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 of

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 describes

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

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 buildworld

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

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 read the

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 Smith(?)

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 recommend

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 get 5.x sources?

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. regards, Ruben