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Re: Starting again from Scratch
On 27/06/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:51:16PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
And ... I cant mount my (other os) msdosfs as a user, Im sure I have
done this before, driving me nuts
On 27/06/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:51:16PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
And ... I cant mount my (other os) msdosfs as a user, Im sure I have
done this before, driving me nuts, cant think what I havent done?
--fstab entry--
/dev/ad0s5 /mnt/dosd
On 2007-06-25 18:27, Graham Bentley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:16:59 +0200
Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The base system and ports are separate. The base system is built
from /usr/src, while ports are built under /usr/ports.
Concerning ports, I would install
Special thanks to Roland, Nikola, Manolis, Peter, Giorgos, Jonathon
for some great replies on this thread.
I have now done a re-install from scratch. Essentially I have done
a 'minimal' install (no ports/pkgs)- wow, this took literally just
a few minutes.
Next I 'portsnap fetch' and 'portsnap
On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 09:51:16PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
audacious - where did the plugins go? The site seems down as do the
alternatives. I tried the plugins src from OpenBSD altho slightyly
behind by 0.0.1 but cant get any sound?
They're in a seperate port now;
4) Find out how to keep updated / informed on updates to packages
I have installed, and do so where necessary.
If anyone can advise, point me in the direction of tutorials
or step by steps, on the above It would be greatly appreciated.
I would like to understand why its not so great to
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 03:18:58PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
OK, I am fairly new to FreeBSD and returning from a long while away.
I am currently working on an install I have performed from the 6.2
release discs I downloaded several days ago.
I chose X-Kern-Dev install and have a mixed
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:08:45 +0200
Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That's what you use portmaster(8) or portmanager(8) for. (I use
portmaster now).
For updating the ports tree, I use portsnap(8).
First time that you use it:
# portsnap fetch extract
After that;
# portsnap
Graham Bentley wrote:
OK, I am fairly new to FreeBSD and returning from a long while away.
I am currently working on an install I have performed from the 6.2
release discs I downloaded several days ago.
I chose X-Kern-Dev install and have a mixed bag of pkg_add -r
packages, some programs I
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:04:44 +0300
Manolis Kiagias [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Graham Bentley wrote:
OK, I am fairly new to FreeBSD and returning from a long while away.
I am currently working on an install I have performed from the 6.2
release discs I downloaded several days ago.
I
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
So, if I where to start again, I would ;
1) Install 'minimal' distrib from 6.2 rel CD1
2) portsnap fetch extract
3) make install my system
The base system and ports are separate. The base system is built from
/usr/src, while
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:16:59 +0200
Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
So, if I where to start again, I would ;
1) Install 'minimal' distrib from 6.2 rel CD1
2) portsnap fetch extract
3) make install my system
The
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:14:26 +0100
Graham Bentley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for the reply Manolis. As I mentioned in my first post, this
isnt for an important server, its just for 'desktop' use, for my own
amusement, a learning platform. I dont actually need the 'latest and
greatest'
Graham Bentley wrote:
On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:16:59 +0200
Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 05:51:44PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
So, if I where to start again, I would ;
1) Install 'minimal' distrib from 6.2 rel CD1
2) portsnap fetch extract
3)
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
snip
Is it considered OK to update the ports and build up your worktop
*without* bothering with building world? Also, building a kernel
but leaving world at release?
You only _have_ to rebuild world and the kernel if you have
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