Re: FREESBIE 1.1

2005-09-19 Thread Gavin McDougall
glm wrote: Hello, Can I install FREESBEE 1.1 and then upgrade from the installed FreeBSD 5.3 to 5.4 using the Release CD. Hi there, I wouldn't think so 'cos FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 6.X. If you want 5.3 or 5.4 then why not just do a normal installation ?? Regards, Gavin --

Re: FREESBIE 1.1

2005-09-19 Thread Gavin McDougall
Mark Kane wrote: Gavin McDougall wrote: glm wrote: Hello, Can I install FREESBEE 1.1 and then upgrade from the installed FreeBSD 5.3 to 5.4 using the Release CD. Hi there, I wouldn't think so 'cos FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 6.X. FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 5.3. Their last

Re: Unable to install 5.4 from CDROM

2005-09-16 Thread Gavin McDougall
Mark Jones wrote: I'm having an odd problem installing 5.4 release from CDROM. The machine is an HP ProLiant DL145. It didn't come with a CDROM drive, I borrowed one from a Dell PowerEdge SC1425. The CDs are good, I've installed on other machines with them - in fact, on the same machine that

Re: change mediaopt of NIC to full-duplex

2005-07-26 Thread Gavin McDougall
Thanks to all for the helpful replies and pointers, I thought it would have been more complicated than just editing a config file so I was looking in the wrong places. Cheers, Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

change mediaopt of NIC to full-duplex

2005-07-25 Thread Gavin McDougall
Hi there, I need to set my network cards (Intel Pro 1000) to full-duplex. I tried using ifconfig with the mediaopt option which worked, but only temporarily. I then downloaded mii-tool 'cos it wasn't in the ports collection but it just gives me critical errors when I try to compile it. Is

Re: ISOs

2005-07-21 Thread Gavin McDougall
Colin A. Aldred wrote: Please can you tell me why there are two 'ISO' disc images for FreeBSD? Namely: 5.4-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso 5.4-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso Disc1 is larger than a standard CD so requires a DVD...so why bother splitting them into disc1 and 2 when both would easily fit on

Who can help me with ISO's

2005-07-11 Thread Gavin McDougall
Hi there, I am based in Johannesburg, South Africa and would like to know if there is anyone lurking in this list that could help me with making copies of the FreeBSD 5.4 ISO's. We suffer serious telecoms (bandwidth) disabilities in this country so its a bit of a mission downloading these

FreeBSD Training

2005-07-08 Thread Gavin McDougall
Hi there, Does anyone know of a company in Johannesburg, South Africa that provides FreeBSD training courses? There is a fortune of FreeBSD documentation and books available on the web and could probably learn all there is to know in that manner. However, my Boss is keen to throw some