doing a minimal FreeBSD install

2007-10-02 Thread Rogelio Bastardo
I'm looking to install only the bare essentials to FreeBSD and then install each program piece-by-piece afterwards. To do this, do I just need the first FreeBSD 6 ISO? Or can I get away with just the boot CD ISO and then install each port one-by-one? (Basically, I just wanna build a Nagios

BTX Halted error on FreeBSD 6 VMware Server

2007-10-02 Thread Rogelio Bastardo
I'm trying to install the latest FreeBSD boot cd on a VMware Server (running on CentOS). When I boot (whether it's option 1 or 2), I always get the same BTX Halted error. Is there something I need to disable before I can get VMware to play nicely with FreeBSD?

Re: doing a minimal FreeBSD install

2007-10-02 Thread Rogelio Bastardo
A bit more work perhaps than you're willing or able to commit, but you might be interested in MiniBSD - a set of scripts that enable you to pare down a base FreeBSD system to something very small indeed. Thank you, I will definitely check that out.

Re: CPU Monitoring Software

2007-09-28 Thread Rogelio Bastardo
What about monit? http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/ Here is the manual online: http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/manual.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-09 Thread Rogelio Bastardo
Latitude wrote: but I'll have to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows users of how easy the switch may be. I suggest you not change from Windows to BSD. It looks like you're best off with an operating system that requires little to no input on your part to set