Simon Robertson wrote:
>
> Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I've recently decided to start playing with FreeBSD and in preparation,
> > I recompiled my kernel so I would have support for ufs so I could read
> > my BSD partitions. When I add the partition under linuxconf, whether I
> > give it ufs or auto for the filetype, it can't seem to mount the BSD
> > partition giving the error wrong filetype. Does anyone have any BSD
> > experience and wouldn't mind giving me a little guidance? Thanks, Mike
>
> Hey Mike,
>
> I have had goes at FreeBSD and it is still in the background. I tell you
> it is not easy, you have to even compile your printer into the kernel.
>
> Anyway go to the web site www.freebsd.org and join some mailing lists
> near you, you'll find these guys very helpful and a lot use mandrake as
> well with freeBSD.
>
> cheers,
>
> Simon
Good advise, but I think I'll wade through this a little more first.
I'm in the process of going through MCSE training and being on these
lists (new, exp, changelog and cooker) adds up to about 350 messages a
day! I have been hitting the online docs though, and I think I'm
getting somewhere; I felt the same helpless feeling when I started using
Linux.
Thanks again, Mike
knowledge is greater than gold...
