RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-14 Thread David Christensen
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Sure, they are *now*. But a flaky power supply may well have pushed > them over the edge. And checking the power supply isn't that hard; > it's well worth the couple of minutes it takes. The computer has been, and is once again, operating flawlessly using a Western Digita

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-13 Thread David Christensen
Lowell Gilbert wrote: > It is quite a coincidence, though. Not really. Those drives must be 10 years old. > If I were you, I would be suspicious of the power supply. Verified in second computer -- the drives are toast. Thanks, David ___ freebsd-q

Re: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
"David Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > > See what "manpath" command gives you. If bad, read it's manpage. > > Thanks for your reply. :-) > > > The machine has been acting flaky, so I downloaded and burned the hard drive > diagnostic ISO and found out tha

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-12 Thread David Christensen
Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > See what "manpath" command gives you. If bad, read it's manpage. Thanks for your reply. :-) The machine has been acting flaky, so I downloaded and burned the hard drive diagnostic ISO and found out that *both* of my Quantum LPS 240's are bad. That would explain the

Re: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-11 Thread Gary W. Swearingen
"David Christensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any suggestions? See what "manpath" command gives you. If bad, read it's manpage. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscrib

RE: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-11 Thread David Christensen
Beecher Rintoul wrote: > Boot off the install disk. Choose "Do a post install configuration". > Choose "Additional Distribution Sets" - "Man" Install. Thank you for your reply. :-) Why is that any different than running /stand/sysinstall and choosing the same? That's what I did, I feed it my CD

Re: FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-11 Thread Beecher Rintoul
On Sunday 11 September 2005 08:27 pm, David Christensen wrote: > FreeBSD-questions: > > I'm an FreeBSD newbie who just did a minimal install of FreeBSD 4.11 on > some vintage hardware, only to discover that the man pages seem to be > missing. So I STFW, found the following: > > > http://unix.derke

FreeBSD 4.11 minimal install man pages

2005-09-11 Thread David Christensen
FreeBSD-questions: I'm an FreeBSD newbie who just did a minimal install of FreeBSD 4.11 on some vintage hardware, only to discover that the man pages seem to be missing. So I STFW, found the following: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/2004-01/0568.htm l ran /st