Re: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE

2011-10-24 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 24/10/2011 02:18, Eir Nym wrote: I want to install FreeBSD to my second box and I have only Windows 7 x64 desktop without CD drives. 1. I have access to remote FreeBSD server (via SSH) where I can make custom FreeBSD installation in any format. 2. I know how to create TFTP/DHCPD/PXE server

Re: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE

2011-10-24 Thread Eir Nym
-- Eir Nym On 24 October 2011 13:23, Eir Nym eir...@gmail.com wrote: ✪ On 24 Oct 2011, at 11:10, Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 24/10/2011 02:18, Eir Nym wrote: I want to install FreeBSD to my second box and I have only Windows 7 x64 desktop without CD

Re: Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE

2011-10-24 Thread John Kotrla
On 10/24/11 04:29, Eir Nym wrote: -- Eir Nym On 24 October 2011 13:23, Eir Nymeir...@gmail.com wrote: ✪ On 24 Oct 2011, at 11:10, Matthew Seamanm.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: On 24/10/2011 02:18, Eir Nym wrote: I want to install FreeBSD to my second box and I have only

Install FreeBSD using Windows desktop and PXE

2011-10-23 Thread Eir Nym
Hi, I want to install FreeBSD to my second box and I have only Windows 7 x64 desktop without CD drives. 1. I have access to remote FreeBSD server (via SSH) where I can make custom FreeBSD installation in any format. 2. I know how to create TFTP/DHCPD/PXE server to boot loader and kernel. So

Turion64 x2 vs Centrino Duo 2 which is faster for FreeBSD and KDE Desktop?

2007-01-21 Thread Abdullah Al-Marrie
Hello, I plan to buy a new notebook and will use FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, I have 2 choices, Turion64 x2 with 2.0 GHz and Centrino Duo 2 with 2.0 GHz, but with 2 GB DDR2 ram, with the same speed of the hd 5400 RPM. So which of them will buildworld, and ports from source faster? both of them will use

Re: Turion64 x2 vs Centrino Duo 2 which is faster for FreeBSD and KDE Desktop?

2007-01-21 Thread Christian Baer
On Sun, 21 Jan 2007 11:12:25 +0300 Abdullah Al-Marrie wrote: [broken up Xpost] I plan to buy a new notebook and will use FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, I have 2 choices, Turion64 x2 with 2.0 GHz and Centrino Duo 2 with 2.0 GHz, but with 2 GB DDR2 ram, with the same speed of the hd 5400 RPM. So which

Re: About to install FreeBSD as a Desktop...

2002-09-21 Thread Bjarne Wichmann Petersen
On Saturday 21 September 2002 00:13, MET wrote: Other than that I just need some productivity apps, but nothing particularly special. S, what's the REAL difference between 4.5 and 4.6.2? Well, bugfixes for one thing, but also some added functionality (FBSD keeps improving ;)). Best

Re: About to install FreeBSD as a Desktop...

2002-09-21 Thread Bjarne Wichmann Petersen
On Saturday 21 September 2002 19:17, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: Yes, I prefer mplayer. But there is VLC, Xine and Ogle as well (all in ports). I thought DVD playing required the use of patented mathematics (I know it's mathematics, even if they call it algorithms or methods or even

About to install FreeBSD as a Desktop...

2002-09-20 Thread MET
So, following up the subject, I'm getting (finally) MY OWN laptop. Not a company owned or school loaned. It's a very nice machine that is shipping with XP Pro and I CANNOT wait to get it off. So here's the problem, do I install FreeBSD 4.5-1 which is what I've been running on my servers for

FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread MET
Title: Message There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS, but how well does it stand as a desktop, or rather a laptop. To be blunt, I'm tired of Microsoft and was wondering how feasible it is to run FreeBSD as my Laptop OS. I will do some searching, but are there good GUI

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Jason Porter
and wmusic to dock it in WindowMaker. I'm quite pleased with FreeBSD as a desktop. It boots faster, shuts down faster. And I can use it for a test bed (I do web development). Probably the best thing so far is that it hasn't crashed too often, I think once or twice. And you can always rebuild

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Michael J. Turner
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:27 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop -Original Message- From: MET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop There is without

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Kent Stewart
Jud wrote: -Original Message- From: MET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS, but how well does it stand as a desktop, or rather a laptop

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Mark Rowlands
On Thu July 25 2002 20:51, Kent Stewart wrote: Jud wrote: -Original Message- From: MET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS, but how well

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Kent Stewart
Mark Rowlands wrote: On Thu July 25 2002 20:51, Kent Stewart wrote: Jud wrote: -Original Message- From: MET [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:23:10 -0400 Subject: FreeBSD as a Desktop There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Jeff Jirsa
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Ed Yu wrote: 4. Things like right click to change resolution and wizards to help setup things, and various other small things. But once you get the hang of it, you will stick with FreeBSD, trust me. This type of thing is what still bothers me, after years of using

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
On Thursday 25 July 2002 06:41 pm, Jeff Jirsa wrote: | On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Ed Yu wrote: | 4. Things like right click to change resolution and | wizards to help setup things, and various other small | things. But once you get the hang of it, you will | stick with FreeBSD, trust me. | | This

Re: FreeBSD as a Desktop

2002-07-25 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
On Thursday 25 July 2002 02:23 pm, MET wrote: | There is without a doubt that FreeBSD is an amazing server OS, but how | well does it stand as a desktop, or rather a laptop. To be blunt, I'm | tired of Microsoft and was wondering how feasible it is to run FreeBSD | as my Laptop OS. I will do