Re: Good comments

... and not always upgrading? tks. this is a great os and a great support group, btw. lee slaughter ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Error in messages.

this reminds this newbie: is there any documentation on freebsd (system) error messages ? Derrick MacPherson wrote: I started seeing this today: Feb 4 07:00:00 mail /kernel: (da1:ahc0:0:2:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 0 2 c 1 5f 0 0 10 0 Feb 4 07:00:00 mail /kernel: (da1:ahc0:0:2:0): MEDIUM

production box: 4.9, 5.1, 5.2+ ???

I hesitate to ask this because it sounds stupid. I went down to the tech book store and bought freeBSD on CD's. it happened to be 5.1. I, a neophyte, assumed it was kosher. I bought it and installed it on 2 machines and pretty much ok so far. Now I've been reading about the STABLE and CURRENT

Re: Email account utilization warning.

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Re: Email account utilization warning. - yes, it's garbage.

doh! Jonathan T. Sage wrote: Heh. are you goofy? :) j/k. apparently. Note that the original sender address on these was spoofed (see also: faked) In actuallity, it is Netsky-D (probably, I'm not opening it). Courtesy of Yahoo! :

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/4.9

is empty. ??? the other releases are ok. why might this be? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Update utility

Bart Silverstrim wrote: I guess what would really help (especially for newer users) is a reference or howto with definitive steps on how to do this, as in a step by step guide or script on how to keep your system up to date after a fresh install and keeping it up to date thereafter...does this

incorrect super blockincorrect super block

doing a backup: burncd -f /dev/acd1 data /home/backups/rtfm.lees.20030311.tar.gz fixate mount /dev/acd1 /cdromgives incorrect super block is an iso9660 format expected? where does one look for error messages? thanks. ___ [EMAIL

Re: incorrect super block

rtfm. sorry. however mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd1 /cdrom gives cd9660: /dev/acd1: Invalid argument ??? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

burncd args

hi. i make a tar.gz backup file. isburncd -f /dev/acd1 data filename fixate the right syntax? is data the correct type? i cannot tell from burncd manpage. thanks. lee ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: burncd args

Danny Pansters wrote: On Friday 12 March 2004 00:04, lee slaughter wrote: hi. i make a tar.gz backup file. isburncd -f /dev/acd1 data filename fixate the right syntax? is data the correct type? i cannot tell from burncd manpage. What you called filename should be the ISO (top

Re: incorrect super block

There is no filesystem support for mounting gzipped tar files as filesystems, so you'll have to use it as a raw device. tar -xzf /dev/acd1 should extract the data. no, i tried it with tar file. it got maybe 20% of way thru with unexpected eof. with tar.gz: tar: /dev/acd1: Cannot read:

install: kernel config: NIC ?

I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD. 1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode, no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section i see a little list of only six. question 1: this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it? there's

Re: install: kernel config: NIC ?

Peter Risdon wrote: lee slaughter wrote: I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD. 1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode, no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section i see a little list of only six. question 1

Re: install: kernel config: NIC ?

Matthew Seaman wrote: On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:33:25AM -0800, lee slaughter wrote: ...kernel config menu, visual mode, no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section i see a little list of only six. question 1: this is hardly a comprehensive list, is it? there's

Re: install: kernel config: NIC ?

Matthew Seaman wrote: On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:33:25AM -0800, lee slaughter wrote: I'm trying to do a methodical install (for once). 4.9 from a mini CD. 1st thing, when we get to kernel config menu, visual mode, no network devices show up active. In the inactive drivers section i see

Re: install: kernel config: NIC ?

Peter Risdon wrote: lee slaughter wrote: again, thanks everybody. there should be a note to this effect in handbook. The handbook does mention it, sort of. sort of. it alludes to the antiquity if ISA anyway. i'll use send-pr(8) maybe and complain about it. tks. lee http://www.freebsd.org

4.9 minimal install

from mini cd, just for educational purposes. this is known as the base distribution, right? only 123MB. what does one do next? /usr/ports isn't even there. there is no discussion in handbook. thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: 4.9 minimal install

Troy Settle wrote: ... Once installed, I grab the cvsup package (via FTP of course), which I use to get the ports collection and bring the box up to -STABLE. FWIW, once you've completed the minimal installation from the mini image, you can change your media from CDROM to FTP, and continue on

Re: 4.9 minimal install

Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: lee slaughter wrote: from mini cd, just for educational purposes. this is known as the base distribution, right? only 123MB. what does one do next? /usr/ports isn't even there. there is no discussion in handbook. thanks. This has been discussed rather