> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 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
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/dos
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; multimedia/audacio
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 ex
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 w
On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 06:27:11PM +0100, Graham Bentley wrote:
>
> 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 upd
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
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
> greates
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
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, w
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.
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 progr
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;
>
>
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 mi
> 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 gr
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 have downloaded and compiled
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