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?
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?
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?
That's it for now, but I'm sure I'll have more.
Thanks!
Cory
