Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Well, I understand your concern. I've been using the freebsd-update method since several years now and mostly remotely. I've never encounter a problem. I haven't recompiled everything many times as I didn't really found a tangible advantage in this method but I've never thought about this. I

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
For some reason my email hasn't apparently been delivered so I'm re-sending it. From: ASV a...@inhio.eu To: Jose Garcia Juanino jjuan...@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject:Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore? Date

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2013-01-02 Thread ASV
Hi Jose, with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the make installworld as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. Using freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE for example allows you to get your system patched directly without recompiling the kernel and the userland but getting

Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Jose Garcia Juanino
Hi, I am planning to upgrade from FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE to FreeBSD-9.1-RELEASE. With upgrade source method, it is always needed to do the make installworld step in single user mode. But it seems to be that single user is not required with freebsd-update method, in the second freebsd-update install.

Re: Newbie question about freebsd-update: single user mode is not needed anymore?

2012-12-31 Thread Jose Garcia Juanino
El lunes 31 de diciembre a las 16:27:44 CET, ASV escribió: Hi Jose, with the freebsd-update method you don't need to pass through the make installworld as it's a binary patch/upgrade system. Using freebsd-update upgrade -r 9.1-RELEASE for example allows you to get your system patched

Re: Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Denis Guzanov guzanov...@gmail.com wrote: Dear FreeBSD Team, Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your really good job and the best system for us, small IT staff. Second, I would like to ask you about some problem with FreeBSD source. I've

Re: Question about FreeBSD for IA-64 software

2012-06-09 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Hi, Reference: From: Denis Guzanov guzanov...@gmail.com Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 15:45:54 +0400 Message-id: CAMUH=P1HGivtRUsgSz9_XYt-wLBh-8cFvq=i5fs6hn1ittk...@mail.gmail.com Denis Guzanov wrote: Dear FreeBSD Team, Firstly I would like to say you Big thanks for your

one question about Freebsd subversion access log

2012-02-09 Thread Yiru Li
Hello, I am doing an analysis on Freebsd subversion access log. One log extracted from the access log is below. The piece of log include files and subdirectories which are indicated modified (M). The subdirectories are: /stable/7/sbin/geom, /stable/7/sbin/geom/class/label,

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Michael Powell
王跃辉 wrote: hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you trying to install FreeBSD on Linux? FreeBSD is an operating system, not an application. following the instruction I find that I can't

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Don Brearley
Hello! I presume you are talking about running FreeBSD as a guest OS in Xen or the like. Let me point you to this URL, it contains a lot of useful information on what you're seeking. The fsmware.com website seems down, and has been for awhile. The documentation is just out of date.

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Don Brearley
王跃辉 wyh1...@gmail.com 04/21/10 10:21 AM hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. following the instruction I find that I can't open the website of www.fsmware.com to finish some download work. it seems that the dns server don't support the address in China

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Ross Cameron
On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: 王跃辉 wrote: hi     I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are you trying to install FreeBSD on Linux? FreeBSD is an operating

Re: question about FreeBSD installing

2010-04-21 Thread Bruce Cran
On Wednesday 21 April 2010 16:50:20 Ross Cameron wrote: On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Michael Powell nightre...@hotmail.com wrote: 王跃辉 wrote: hi I have a problem when I try to install FreeBSD as client OS on a Linux OS. Sorry, but this does not make any sense to me. How are

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-15 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:29:04 +0100 Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org articulated: Samuel Martín Moro wrote: It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is PHP? PHP works on FreeBSD, Zend Framework will also work. Unless you give more specific

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Jerry
On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0100 Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org articulated: Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Jerry wrote: On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:51:48 +0100 Ivan Voras ivo...@freebsd.org articulated: Robert wrote: Hello I have zend framework websites and I was wondering if they work well with Freebsd7.2? Because I hear bad thing about that. Can you tell me about that please? Zend Framework is PHP?

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Samuel Martín Moro
It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works perfectly. Samuel Martín Moro CamTrace {EPITECH.} tek4 Nobody wants to say how this works. Maybe nobody knows ...

Re: Question about Freebsd 7.2 and Zend framework

2010-02-14 Thread Ivan Voras
Samuel Martín Moro wrote: It's not officialy supported, but it still works. You have to link some libraries to give them their freebsd 6.2 names. I had to do it for the servers we sell at work. It works perfectly. I'm glad it works, and it is not surprising. It would be easier for a company

Re: Question about FreeBSD syscall usage

2009-10-21 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Yan, Yeqing wrote: Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-30 Thread Ian Smith
In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 278, Issue 4, Message 2 On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: See http://busby.net/bret/Screenshot--dev-sda-GParted.png I think I do understand. You have: 1. a primary DOS partition which contains a NTFS file system 2. an extended DOS partition

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-29 Thread Tim Judd
On 9/29/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: snip Honestly, I've never seen the need for extended DOS partitions. Let's say you intendedly want to run a multi-OS system, then you can install four systems, each one in its own slice, and within the slice, the partitiions, if needed and

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 10:01:18PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-28 Thread Bret Busby
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009, Manolis Kiagias wrote: Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Manolis Kiagias
Bret Busby wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I really hope you meant Gb here ;) I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with FreeBSD 7.2 on the DVD.

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread RW
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST) Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: Hello. I have been interested in installing FreeBSD on my laptop (HP/Compaq NX5000, 2MB RAM), in a free 20MB partition. I noticed that the Linux Format magazine to which I subscribe, in Issue 124, comes with

Re: Question about FreeBSD installation procedure

2009-09-26 Thread Polytropon
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 22:01:18 +0800 (WST), Bret Busby b...@busby.net wrote: From what I understand, FreeBSD (and possibly all BSD) uses hard disc slices rather than partitions, and therefore cannot easily be installed in a free partition, but needs for hard disc slices to be used. I see a

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-15 Thread Daniele Di Lorenzo
Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask the same question of previous email. Can you tell me about bjorb license and if I can use this package in order to commercial usage, please? Otherwise can you tell me another way, if you know it, to obtain these information, please? Thanks Daniele Di

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-15 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Daniele Di Lorenzo wrote: Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask the same question of previous email. Can you tell me about bjorb license and if I can use this package in order to commercial usage, please? Otherwise can you tell me another way, if you know it, to obtain these information,

Re: Question about freeBSD package.

2008-02-07 Thread Marcin Koziuk
On Thu, 2008-02-07 at 10:26 +0100, Daniele Di Lorenzo wrote: Dear FreeBSD, I am writting you to ask what are the license terms about bjorb package, downloaded from freeBSD site. Is it under BSD license?...is it possible the redistribution for commercial purpose? in different way, can you

Re: Question about FreeBSD Handbook

2005-11-07 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Arseny Solokha [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'v partially read FreeBSD Handbook. To my mind this documentation had been wrote most about releases 4 and 5 newest than 5.2.1. The intention is to keep everything up to date, while keeping it relevant to any release from (at least) the last two or

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-10 Thread Yuan Jue
On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:01, rolan herreria wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? you can not run .exe directly, but you can using Wine ( a windows emulator) 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life Doom3? the answer is still Wine, though not perfect 3. Can I share

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-10 Thread Norberto Meijome
Yuan Jue wrote: On Saturday 10 September 2005 14:01, rolan herreria wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? you can not run .exe directly, but you can using Wine ( a windows emulator) or inside an emulator like qemu or Bochs 4. Can you give me some OS running 3D games except

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-10 Thread Kevin Kinsey
rolan herreria wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? There are a couple of emulators, Wine having already been mentioned. See also dosbox, doscmd, twin, and vmWare. Wine or vmWare would be the method of choice for emulation for native Windows programs. dosbox, etc. emulates an

Re: Question about freeBSD OS

2005-09-10 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:01:56 -0700 (PDT) rolan herreria [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. Can I run .exe files in this OS? Not with out some sort of emulator like dosbox, qemu, or wine. 2. Can I run 3D Games in freeBSD OS like Half-life Doom3? Doom 3 will run... if it is any thing like Q3, just

Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-22 Thread Robert Marella
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:56:11 + Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5.3-STABLE is a moving target from the RELENG_4 development branch. It should run stably and it can be used usefully as a desktop system or whatever, but tracking -STABLE is not recommended for *absolutely has

Re: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-21 Thread Matthew Seaman
Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi wrote: I have a doubt about FreeBSD 5.3. What is it: a Stable or a Release version? I'm sorry if this is a Dumb Question, but I guess it's a Stable Version. Specially because it's a Production Release. Actually, there are both -RELEASE and -STABLE versions numbered 5.3

RE: Question about FreeBSD 5.3

2004-12-20 Thread Michael Clark
5.3 is the Production/stable release. It is no longer a New Technology release. -Original Message- From: Marcio Cardenuto Mallavazzi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Question about FreeBSD 5.3 Hello all! I

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Radek Kozlowski
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:03:37PM +, Johan Claesson wrote: Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats

RE: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Philip Payne
Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and Redhat?

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Tom Cook
Johan, First of all, welcome! FreeBSD isn't a distribution of linux, actually. FreeBSD is a derived from an entirely different code base than Linux is. These days, though, they share many common features and also differ in many areas. To answer your questions; yes, FreeBSD does have full X

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and Redhat? As you

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:03:37PM +, Johan Claesson wrote: Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats

Re: Question about FreeBSD.

2004-09-10 Thread yuri van Overmeeren
Johan Claesson wrote: Hi, I'm quite new to the world of linux, and I are going to set up a linux server, and I'm looking aroud for a good linux system, and I find FreeBSD quite interesting. Does FreeBSD have a X-mode and is it easy to handle? Whats the difference between FreeBSD, Slackware and

A question about freeBSD.

2003-10-05 Thread Dawn0001
Hello all. I am a new comer to the freebsd scene and don't know much about it but the frugal side of me likes it for various reasons. I need to know how free bsd can be used in a server network for a lawfirm of only 6 partners. would freebsd support the lawfirms needs and what servers

RE: A question about freeBSD.

2003-10-05 Thread Minnesota Slinky
PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 11:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A question about freeBSD. Hello all. I am a new comer to the freebsd scene and don't know much about it but the frugal side of me likes it for various reasons. I need to know how free bsd can be used

Re: minimum memory [was: A simple question about FreeBSD]

2003-03-16 Thread Vallo Kallaste
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:17:51AM +1100, Sue Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This memory question comes up a lot, and I'm not sure how up to date that part of the documentation is. Has anyone _definitely_ run an install on a machine with only 8MB in the last couple of years? Twice I have

Re: minimum memory [was: A simple question about FreeBSD]

2003-03-16 Thread Doug Reynolds
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 07:17:51 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 09:28:14PM -0500, taxman wrote: On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? The

minimum memory [was: A simple question about FreeBSD]

2003-03-15 Thread Sue Blake
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 09:28:14PM -0500, taxman wrote: On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? The install documentation or the FAQ does have this answer, but

A simple question about FreeBSD

2003-03-14 Thread Wizard of Wor
I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? Please help me by answering this simple question. regards, wauf To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: A simple question about FreeBSD

2003-03-14 Thread taxman
On Friday 14 March 2003 08:23 pm, Wizard of Wor wrote: I was unable to find the minimum requirements on x86 platform. Can I run FreeBSD on mz 486dx2 8Mb laptop smoothly? The install documentation or the FAQ does have this answer, but yes you should be able to run fine on this machine. Just