Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Hi Jose, with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the "make installworld" as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. Using "freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE" for example allows you to get your system patched directly without recompiling the kernel and the userland but getting

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
For some reason my email hasn't apparently been delivered so I'm re-sending it. "From: ASV To: Jose Garcia Juanino Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject:Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore? Date: Mon, 31 De

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Well, I understand your concern. I've been using the freebsd-update method since several years now and mostly remotely. I've never encounter a problem. I haven't recompiled everything many times as I didn't really found a tangible advantage in this method but I've never thought about this. I believ

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Jose Garcia Juanino
El lunes 31 de diciembre a las 16:27:44 CET, ASV escribió: > Hi Jose, > > with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the "make > installworld" as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. > Using "freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE" for example allows you to > get your system patch

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Zyumbilev, Peter
On 31/12/2012 14:13, Jose Garcia Juanino wrote: > Hi, > > I am planning to upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE to > FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE. With upgrade source method, it is always needed to > do the "make installworld" step in single user mode. But it seems to > be that single user is not required wi

Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Jose Garcia Juanino
Hi, I am planning to upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE. With upgrade source method, it is always needed to do the "make installworld" step in single user mode. But it seems to be that single user is not required with freebsd-update method, in the second "freebsd-update instal

Re: Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: > From: Denis Guzanov > Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:45:54 +0400 > Message-id: > Denis Guzanov wrote: > Dear FreeBSD Team, > > Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your really good job and the > best system for us, small IT staff. > > Second, I would

Re: Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Denis Guzanov wrote: > Dear FreeBSD Team, > > Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your really good job and the > best system for us, small IT staff. > > Second, I would like to ask you about some problem with FreeBSD source. > > I've downloaded .iso Imag

Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Denis Guzanov
Dear FreeBSD Team, Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your really good job and the best system for us, small IT staff. Second, I would like to ask you about some problem with FreeBSD source. I've downloaded .iso Image from this link: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ia64/ia

one question about Freebsd subversion access log

2012-02-09 Thread Yiru Li
Hello, I am doing an analysis on Freebsd subversion access log. One log extracted from the access log is below. The piece of log include files and subdirectories which are indicated "modified" (M). The subdirectories are: /stable/7/sbin/geom, /stable/7/sbin/geom/class/label, /stable/7/sbin/ge

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 16:50:20 Ross Cameron wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Michael Powell wrote: > > 王跃辉 wrote: > >> hi > >> I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a > >> Linux OS. > > > > Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you tryi

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Ross Cameron
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Michael Powell wrote: > 王跃辉 wrote: > >> hi >>     I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux >> OS. > > Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you trying to install > FreeBSD on Linux? FreeBSD is an operating system, not

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Don Brearley
>>> 王跃辉 04/21/10 10:21 AM >>> >hi > I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux >OS. following the instruction I find that I can't open the website of >www.fsmware.com to finish some download work. it seems that the dns server >don't support the address in China Mainla

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Don Brearley
Hello! I presume you are talking about running FreeBSD as a guest OS in Xen or the like. Let me point you to this URL, it contains a lot of useful information on what you're seeking. The fsmware.com website seems down, and has been for awhile. The documentation is just out of date. http://wiki.

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Powell
王跃辉 wrote: > hi > I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux > OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you trying to install FreeBSD on Linux? FreeBSD is an operating system, not an application. > following the instruction I find that I can't

question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread 王跃辉
hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. following the instruction I find that I can't open the website of www.fsmware.com to finish some download work. it seems that the dns server don't support the address in China Mainland. do you have any way to solve th

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-15 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:29:04 +0100 Ivan Voras articulated: > Samuel Martín Moro wrote: > > It's not officialy supported, but it still works. > > You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 > > names. > > > > I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. > > It works perfectl

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works perfectly. I'm glad it works, and it is not surprising. It would be easier for a company t

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works perfectly. Samuel Martín Moro CamTrace {EPITECH.} tek4 "Nobody wants to say how this works. Maybe nobody knows ..."

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Jerry wrote: On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0100 Ivan Voras articulated: Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is PHP? PHP works on FreeB

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0100 Ivan Voras articulated: > Robert wrote: > > Hello > > > > I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work > > well with Freebsd7.2? > > > > Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that > > please? > > Zend Framework is PHP?

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is PHP? PHP works on FreeBSD, Zend Framework will also work. Unless you give more specific questio

Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-13 Thread Robert
Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/

Re: Question about FreeBSD syscall usage

2009-10-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Yan, Yeqing wrote: Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 > and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt kse

Question about FreeBSD syscall usage

2009-10-20 Thread Yan, Yeqing
Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt kse_release kse_switchin ma

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 278, Issue 4, Message 2 On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > Bret Busby wrote: > >> Hello. > >> > >> I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > >> NX5000, 2MB

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Judd
On 9/29/09, Polytropon wrote: > Honestly, I've never seen the need for extended DOS partitions. > Let's say you intendedly want to run a multi-OS system, then > you can install four systems, each one in its own slice, and > within the slice, the partitiions, if needed and supported. By using

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby wrote: > See > http://busby.net/bret/Screenshot--dev-sda-GParted.png I think I do understand. You have: 1. a primary DOS partition which contains a NTFS file system 2. an extended DOS partition containing "subpar

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: > On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> >> Bret Busby wrote: >>> Hello. >>> >>> I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq >>> NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. >> >> I really hope you meant Gb here ;) >> >>> >>> I noticed that the Li

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:01:18PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. > > I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue > 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby wrote: > From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses hard > disc slices rather than partitions, and therefore cannot > easily be installed in a free partition, but needs for > hard disc slices to be used. I see a terminology pr

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread RW
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. > > I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in > Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on

Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Bret Busby
Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD. From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: > Hello. > > I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq > NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) > > I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in > Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-15 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Daniele Di Lorenzo wrote: Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask the same question of previous email. Can you tell me about bjorb license and if I can use this package in order to commercial usage, please? Otherwise can you tell me another way, if you know it, to obtain these information, pleas

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-15 Thread Daniele Di Lorenzo
Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask the same question of previous email. Can you tell me about bjorb license and if I can use this package in order to commercial usage, please? Otherwise can you tell me another way, if you know it, to obtain these information, please? Thanks Daniele Di Lorenzo

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-07 Thread Marcin Koziuk
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 10:26 +0100, Daniele Di Lorenzo wrote: > Dear FreeBSD, > > I am writting you to ask what are the license terms about bjorb package, > downloaded from freeBSD site. > Is it under BSD license?...is it possible the redistribution for commercial > purpose? > in different way, can

Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-07 Thread Daniele Di Lorenzo
Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask what are the license terms about bjorb package, downloaded from freeBSD site. Is it under BSD license?...is it possible the redistribution for commercial purpose? in different way, can you tell me who I can contact to get infomation about? Thanks in advance

Question about FreeBSD 6.2 Release and CUPS

2007-02-20 Thread Joe Vender
Can someone please tell me the steps I need to do so that I can use CUPS as the printing system on FreeBSD 6.2 Release and so that I can connect to the CUPS server and administer it using the KDE Control Center? I've tried everything I can find using Google to get CUPS working with KDE, but eve

Re: Question about FreeBSD Handbook

2005-11-07 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Arseny Solokha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'v partially read FreeBSD Handbook. To my mind this documentation > had been wrote most about releases 4 and 5 newest than 5.2.1. The intention is to keep everything up to date, while keeping it relevant to any release from (at least) the last two or

Question about FreeBSD Handbook

2005-11-05 Thread Arseny Solokha
Hello! I'v partially read FreeBSD Handbook. To my mind this documentation had been wrote most about releases 4 and 5 newest than 5.2.1. In beginning of the documentation, in chapter 2.3.2 you wrote about Kernel Configuration. How to start Kernel Configuration in release 5.2.1? Should I edit ker

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-10 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:01:56 -0700 (PDT) rolan herreria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? Not with out some sort of emulator like dosbox, qemu, or wine. > 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life & > Doom3? Doom 3 will run... if it is any thing like Q3, j

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-10 Thread Kevin Kinsey
rolan herreria wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? There are a couple of emulators, Wine having already been mentioned. See also dosbox, doscmd, twin, and vmWare. Wine or vmWare would be the method of choice for emulation for native Windows programs. dosbox, etc. emulates an MS-D

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-09 Thread Norberto Meijome
Yuan Jue wrote: On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:01, rolan herreria wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? you can not run .exe directly, but you can using Wine ( a windows emulator) or inside an emulator like qemu or Bochs 4. Can you give me some OS running 3D games except Microsof

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-09 Thread Yuan Jue
On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:01, rolan herreria wrote: > 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? > you can not run .exe directly, but you can using Wine ( a windows emulator) > 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life & > Doom3? > the answer is still Wine, though not perfect > 3. Can I

Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-09 Thread rolan herreria
1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life & Doom3? 3. Can I share my files to a PC using Microsoft XP? 4. Can you give me some OS running 3D games except Microsoft? __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Y

Question about FreeBsd 5.4 + BIND 9.3.1 and threads

2005-07-28 Thread Freminlins
Hello, I have a FreeBSD 5.4R box running BIND 9.3.1 from base on a dual Xeon with hyperthreading enabled. According to the man page for named: -n #cpus Create #cpus worker threads to take advantage of multiple CPUs. If not specified, named will try to determin

Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-23 Thread Matthew Seaman
Robert Marella wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:56:11 + Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 5.3-STABLE is a moving target from the RELENG_4 development branch. It should run stably and it can be used usefully as a desktop system or whatever, but tracking -STABLE is not recommended for

Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-22 Thread Robert Marella
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:56:11 + Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 5.3-STABLE is a moving target from the RELENG_4 development branch. > It should run stably and it can be used usefully as a desktop system > or whatever, but tracking -STABLE is not recommended for *absolutely h

Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi wrote: I have a doubt about FreeBSD 5.3. What is it: a Stable or a Release version? I'm sorry if this is a Dumb Question, but I guess it's a Stable Version. Specially because it's a Production Release. Actually, there are both -RELEASE and -STABLE versions numbered 5.3 a

RE: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-20 Thread Michael Clark
5.3 is the Production/stable release. It is no longer a "New Technology" release. > -Original Message- > From: Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:48 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Question about F

Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-20 Thread Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi
Hello all! I have a doubt about FreeBSD 5.3. What is it: a Stable or a Release version? I'm sorry if this is a Dumb Question, but I guess it's a Stable Version. Specially because it's a Production Release. TIA, Marcio. Esta mensagem pode conter informacao confidencial e/ou privilegiada. Se v

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread yuri van Overmeeren
Johan Claesson wrote: Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:03:37PM +, Johan Claesson wrote: > Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux > server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD > quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? > Wha

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux > server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD > quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? > Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and Redhat? As

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Tom Cook
Johan, First of all, welcome! FreeBSD isn't a distribution of linux, actually. FreeBSD is a derived from an entirely different code base than Linux is. These days, though, they share many common features and also differ in many areas. To answer your questions; yes, FreeBSD does have full X windo

RE: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Philip Payne
> > Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to > set up a linux > server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I > find FreeBSD > quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy > to handle? > Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and Red

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Radek Kozlowski
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:03:37PM +, Johan Claesson wrote: > Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux > server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD > quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? > Wha

Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Johan Claesson
Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and Redhat? Thanks for you

question about FreeBSD

2004-04-01 Thread Alex .
Dear, FreeBSD Team I am writing to ask for about my problem with FreeBSD , I am a newby , so let's say about my question I use Personal Computer and I've Create for 4 partition ,3 for using in Window and the last one for using in FreeBSD. I have installed Windows on my PC and when I wanted

question about FreeBSD

2004-04-01 Thread Alex .
Dear, FreeBSD Team I am writing to ask for about my problem with FreeBSD , I am a newby , so let's say about my question I use Personal Computer and I've Create for 4 partition ,3 for using in Window and the last one for using in FreeBSD. I have installed Windows on my PC and when I wanted

RE: A question about freeBSD.

2003-10-05 Thread Minnesota Slinky
ehalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A question about freeBSD. Hello all. I am a new comer to the freebsd scene and don't know much about it but the frugal side of me likes it for various reasons. I need to know how fre

A question about freeBSD.

2003-10-05 Thread Dawn0001
Hello all. I am a new comer to the freebsd scene and don't know much about it but the frugal side of me likes it for various reasons. I need to know how free bsd can be used in a server network for a lawfirm of only 6 partners. would freebsd support the lawfirms needs and what servers

Re: minimum memory [was: A simple question about FreeBSD]

2003-03-16 Thread Doug Reynolds
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 07:17:51 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: >On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 09:28:14PM -0500, taxman wrote: >> On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: >> > I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I >> > run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? >> >

Re: minimum memory [was: A simple question about FreeBSD]

2003-03-16 Thread Vallo Kallaste
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:17:51AM +1100, Sue Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This memory question comes up a lot, and I'm not sure how up to date > that part of the documentation is. Has anyone _definitely_ run an > install on a machine with only 8MB in the last couple of years? > > Twice I h

minimum memory [was: A simple question about FreeBSD]

2003-03-15 Thread Sue Blake
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 09:28:14PM -0500, taxman wrote: > On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: > > I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I > > run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? > > The install documentation or the FAQ does have this answer

Re: A simple question about FreeBSD

2003-03-14 Thread taxman
On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: > I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I > run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? The install documentation or the FAQ does have this answer, but yes you should be able to run fine on this machine. Just d

A simple question about FreeBSD

2003-03-14 Thread Wizard of Wor
I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? Please help me by answering this simple question. regards, wauf To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

Re: Question about FreeBSD 4.6.1-RELEASE

2002-10-17 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 04:40:37PM -0700, Ranajit Ray wrote: > Now, 4.6.1-RELEASE isn't mentioned _anywhere_ on this > page: . Is this a > private build? No, not quite. There was going to be a 4.6.1 point release in reponse to some nasty bugs in the new ATA-devi

Question about FreeBSD 4.6.1-RELEASE

2002-10-16 Thread Ranajit Ray
I'm not very familiar with administering FreeBSD (I am quite familiar with Solaris, Debian and Redhat) but I need to manage a FreeBSD server for a few days, and need some (emergency!) assistance :) I've basically been handed a freshly installed FreeBSD box. This is -- # uname -a FreeBSD yyy.zzz