The FreeBSD Architecture Handbook
One more book question... Is there anything significant to gain from reading both The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System and The FreeBSD Architecture Handbook? I've skimmed the tables of contents for both books, and there seems to be some overlap in topics. What I don't know is if the details are redundant or if there's useful information to glean by reading both as opposed to just one or the other. Thank you, everyone, for your input! I really do appreciate you sharing your thoughts. Kevin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD Architecture
Is there a diagram somewhere that = describes how FreeBSD is organized? For example, Linux has the = following diagram: 3DPicture From everything I have found this = diagram also applies to FreeBSD simply by replacing the Linux kernel = with the FreeBSD kernel. Is this accurate? I attached a .doc = with the diagram just in case the above diagram does not come through = for some reason. Thank you in advance for all your = help. Respecfully, Daniel Nerenberg = LinuxArchitecture.doc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Architecture
Try this: http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0201702452 The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating System, by Marshall Kirk McKusick, George V. Neville-Neil Kurt On 1/3/07, Nerenberg Daniel D 1stLt AFIT/ENG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a diagram somewhere that describes how FreeBSD is organized? For example, Linux has the following diagram: 3DPicture From everything I have found this diagram also applies to FreeBSD simply by replacing the Linux kernel with the FreeBSD kernel. Is this accurate? I attached a .doc with the diagram just in case the above diagram does not come through for some reason. Thank you in advance for all your help. Respecfully, Daniel Nerenberg LinuxArchitecture.doc ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD architecture [was: (no subject)]
Andre Rodrigues wrote: Good morning, I'm writring, to know information about FreeBSD (as it was your university that developed it), i'd like to know what is the network's architecture and the operating system's architecture,know how they communicate between each layer, and finally to know how the data are transmitted between 2 or more freeBSD's if it's by bursts or bit a bit. Hope your reply, as soon as possible. Thank you for your information, Best Regards. Hmm; I can't recall ever owning a university. Went to one for a while, though ;-) FreeBSD is freely available, and controlled by the FreeBSD Project. The address [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a public mailing list. In a poor attempt to actually answer your questions, I'd recommend you search for Marshall Kirk McCusick's Design Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System. Other documentation can be found at the Project website, www.freebsd.org. The Handbook is of general interest, and there are a number of other books and articles freely available for download that address other aspects of the operating system, ranging from mildly technical to rather seriously technical in nature. And data is transferred by any of a number of protocols, of which TCP/IP is the most common; as for bursts vs. bit by bit, it's neither and both, depending on the nature of your pipeline HTH, Kevin Kinsey FreeBSD user -- The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD architecture [was: (no subject)]
Andre Rodrigues wrote: Good morning, I'm writring, to know information about FreeBSD (as it was your university that developed it), i'd like to know what is the network's architecture and the operating system's architecture,know how they communicate between each layer, and finally to know how the data are transmitted between 2 or more freeBSD's if it's by bursts or bit a bit. Hope your reply, as soon as possible. Thank you for your information, Best Regards. Hmm; I can't recall ever owning a university. Went to one for a while, though ;-) FreeBSD is freely available, and controlled by the FreeBSD Project. The address [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a public mailing list. In a poor attempt to actually answer your questions, I'd recommend you search for Marshall Kirk McCusick's Design Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating System. Other documentation can be found at the Project website, www.freebsd.org. The Handbook is of general interest, and there are a number of other books and articles freely available for download that address other aspects of the operating system, ranging from mildly technical to rather seriously technical in nature. And data is transferred by any of a number of protocols, of which TCP/IP is the most common; as for bursts vs. bit by bit, it's neither and both, depending on the nature of your pipeline HTH, Kevin Kinsey FreeBSD user -- The speed of anything depends on the flow of everything. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD architecture
Hi, I would like to know if FreeBSD could work on my PC. I noticed a lot of stuff about supported architectures, but that isn't my language yet and I can't tell if my computer fits into one of them or not. I would really appreciate your assistance. I have a pentium 4, intell processor. I have windows xp on one hard drive and I would like to put your software on the other. Thanks, Erika ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD architecture
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 03:59 pm, Riki wrote: Hi, I would like to know if FreeBSD could work on my PC. I noticed a lot of stuff about supported architectures, but that isn't my language yet and I can't tell if my computer fits into one of them or not. I would really appreciate your assistance. I have a pentium 4, intell processor. I have windows xp on one hard drive and I would like to put your software on the other. Thanks, Erika The short answer is yes. The longer answer would involve comparing your hardware components to the hardware compatibility list at: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/4.10R/hardware-i386.html Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: FreeBSD architecture
-Original Message- From: Riki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 3:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FreeBSD architecture Hi, I would like to know if FreeBSD could work on my PC. I noticed a lot of stuff about supported architectures, but that isn't my language yet and I can't tell if my computer fits into one of them or not. I would really appreciate your assistance. I have a pentium 4, intell processor. I have windows xp on one hard drive and I would like to put your software on the other. Most desktop computers (i386 architecture) will be supported.; So, yes =) Michael Clark Nemschoff Chairs Inc mclark at nemschoff dot com CompTIA A+, Network+, Server+, MCP Voice: (920) 457 7726 x294 Fax: (920) 453 6594 Thanks, Erika ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This electronic transmission, including all attachments, is directed in confidence solely to the person(s) to whom it is addressed, or an authorized recipient, and may not otherwise be distributed, copied or disclosed. The contents of the transmission may also be subject to intellectual property rights and all such rights are expressly claimed and are not waived. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately by return electronic transmission and then immediately delete this transmission, including all attachments, without copying, distributing or disclosing same. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD architecture
Riki wrote: Hi, I would like to know if FreeBSD could work on my PC. I noticed a lot of stuff about supported architectures, but that isn't my language yet and I can't tell if my computer fits into one of them or not. I would really appreciate your assistance. I have a pentium 4, intell processor. I have windows xp on one hard drive and I would like to put your software on the other. Thanks, Erika The Intel Pentiums, AMD Durons Athlons, Via C3s ... and so many more, are all (x86) architecture. Your Pentium IV is likely a 686 class CPU [unless they've upped the ante again ;-) ] As someone else said, more likely to be at issue are your hardware peripherals, particularly modems and propietary USB devices. USB devices that adhere to standards [like umass for storage] are fine. Some people have to jump through a few hoops for USB scanners and some cameras though; it seems to depend on what kind they are. If you have some expensive peripherals, (maybe if you're a photographer, for example), you might Google for FreeBSD nameofmycamera Problems ... if you find that some device causes some issues, you might not be ready to run FreeBSD. Of course, your next statement may mitigate some of that danger. You said, windows xp on one hard drive and FreeBSD on the other; you'll be doing what's called dual booting. You'll want to research the how to of doing that somewhat carefully. Although FreeBSD's boot manager can handle this situation if Windows doesn't interfere with it, the possibility exists that it might. There are a number of other boot manger programs (GRUB, LILO, GAG are three) that might help with this issue as well. Welcome to FreeBSD! Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD architecture
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 04:59 pm, Riki wrote: Hi, I would like to know if FreeBSD could work on my PC. I noticed a lot of stuff about supported architectures, but that isn't my language yet and I can't tell if my computer fits into one of them or not. I would really appreciate your assistance. I have a pentium 4, intell processor. I have windows xp on one hard drive and I would like to put your software on the other. Thanks, Erika ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Download the two floppies (see the handbook) and boot them. If it runs well enough to install, you're good to go... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD architecture
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 06:16 pm, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Riki wrote: Hi, I would like to know if FreeBSD could work on my PC. I noticed a lot of stuff about supported architectures, but that isn't my language yet and I can't tell if my computer fits into one of them or not. I would really appreciate your assistance. I have a pentium 4, intell processor. I have windows xp on one hard drive and I would like to put your software on the other. Thanks, Erika The Intel Pentiums, AMD Durons Athlons, Via C3s ... and so many more, are all (x86) architecture. Your Pentium IV is likely a 686 class CPU [unless they've upped the ante again ;-) ] As someone else said, more likely to be at issue are your hardware peripherals, particularly modems and propietary USB devices. USB devices that adhere to standards [like umass for storage] are fine. Some people have to jump through a few hoops for USB scanners and some cameras though; it seems to depend on what kind they are. If you have some expensive peripherals, (maybe if you're a photographer, for example), you might Google for FreeBSD nameofmycamera Problems ... if you find that some device causes some issues, you might not be ready to run FreeBSD. Of course, your next statement may mitigate some of that danger. You said, windows xp on one hard drive and FreeBSD on the other; you'll be doing what's called dual booting. You'll want to research the how to of doing that somewhat carefully. Although FreeBSD's boot manager can handle this situation if Windows doesn't interfere with it, the possibility exists that it might. There are a number of other boot manger programs (GRUB, LILO, GAG are three) that might help with this issue as well. Welcome to FreeBSD! Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've mentioned it in replies to other users, but it bears repeating. I recommend mobile racks instead of dual-booting. I stopped dual-booting in 1994 after MicroShit blew away one too many partitions. I now use mobile racks and I remove the MicroShit disk, which is in a front panel removable tray, and I slid in FreeBSD, or Linux, or anything else on a different tray. And I have two hardware identical boxes, so if one takes a dive, I can move the drives to the other box and whammo, I'm back in business. Mobile racks I use are only $35/US. Money well spent. And as I've pointed out in other mails, one box can then be used with a drive that you can experiment on, risking nothing more than having to rebuild that drive, and your production drive can be safely on the shelf while you learn new things. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
