> On 20010206.1644, Cory Petkovsek said ...
>
> I just installed FreeBSD on my laptop.
>
> Now, I'd really like some help with some things I have grown used to in linux:
>
> 1) I found pkg_add and pkg_add -r to download and install files like 'apt-get
>install' on debian. How can I do an equivalent of 'apt-cache search'? Ie, how do I
>get a listing of files based on a search criteria?
>
> 2) Shift-Pageup/pagedown to scroll through console history is great on linux. Can I
>enable this on FreeBSD?
If you figure this out, I'd like to know. :) Pressing 'Scroll-Lock'
the PgUp/PgDn works, but you knew that already.
> 3) I (foolishly) accepted the default 'partitioning' of freebsd. It's not really
>partitioning they say. I made a real 4GB partition. Then the installer created some
>logical units inside of this partition. / is 50mb!! /var is 20mb and /usr has all
>the rest. Is there a way to dynamically change this? Or how can I manually change
>it without reinstalling? Already I'm running out of space on /.
>
> 4) I chose the text-based freebsd daemon screensaver. Pretty nifty. During install
>there was a nice program that allowed me to configure various options, install
>packages and other things. How can I recall this program without booting off of my
>floppies?
/stand/sysinstall
> 5) How can I mount my linux partition? I have freebsd as a primary in /dev/hda1.
>Linux is in an extended (/dev/hda2). Linux root is inside there at /dev/hda7.
>Looking at my devices I only see some /dev/ad.. Since my freebsd (hda1) is ad0s1,
>I'd figure linux root is at ad0s7, but I only have ad0s1-4. Is there a way to get
>freebsd to open up that ad0s2, to get access to a logical inside of a primary?
My FreeBSD knowledge is pretty basic as I've only run it as a server
and firewall. So those are all I know.
-Rob
