livecd problems - won't mount root

2005-09-15 Thread Midnight Oil
Hello I'm trying to build a web server with FreeBSD 4.11 that runs off of a CD rather than a hard disk. I'm trying to make an iso using livecd 1.2.4b and the install goes well, but when I try to boot the system from the iso I get the mountroot prompt. Here is the fstab file that I

Re: livecd problems - won't mount root

2005-09-15 Thread Midnight Oil
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Charles Swiger wrote: On Sep 15, 2005, at 4:17 PM, Midnight Oil wrote: Here is the fstab file that I put in the live_root install directory prior to the iso generation: # DeviceMountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad0s1b

Re: Questions

2005-09-13 Thread Midnight Oil
On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, RDWest wrote: hi guys, years ago i ran freebsd for apache now i need it as http/ftp/mail with php/mysql the version i bought was 4.0 it came with a big book and about 7 cd's thats how long it has been lol questiions here is what i want i need a base os - nothing

pci slots and device drivers

2005-06-15 Thread Midnight Oil
Hello, Is there a way to manually assign device drivers to PCI cards on an x86 system with FreeBSD 4.11? I want to assign fxp0 to the nic card in the first PCI slot, fxp1 to the second PCI slot, fxp2 to the third, etc. Is there any way to accomplish this? Thanks! -

Permissions on ps

2005-06-06 Thread Midnight Oil
I'm having difficulty understanding just how it is a regular with simple priviliges is able to run ps. ps accesses /dev/kmem to get a process list. floyd% ls -al /dev/kmem crw-r- 1 root kmem2, 1 Jan 16 2004 /dev/kmem -- /dev/kmem is read/write accessable to root, and read