From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 25 04:40:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F345616A4DD for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steinex@nognu.de) Received: from shodan.nognu.de (shodan.nognu.de [85.14.216.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A4D243D46 for ; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:40:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steinex@nognu.de) Received: by shodan.nognu.de (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 0E414B82A; Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:40:39 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:40:38 +0200 From: Frank Steinborn To: Joseph Markarian Mail-Followup-To: Joseph Markarian , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <44EE4FE6.80006@attglobal.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44EE4FE6.80006@attglobal.net> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Message-Id: <20060825044039.0E414B82A@shodan.nognu.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD-style init, networking mandatory? was: (no subject) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2006 04:40:41 -0000 Joseph Markarian wrote: > Hi, Hi Joseph, > I have been reading on FreeBSD 6.1 with a view of installing in our 10 user shop. > The book is: FreeBSD 6 Unleashed, by Michael Urban and Brian Tiemann (SAMS). > > On Page 93: BSD VS SYS 5 RUN CONTROL , I quote > > "There is no multiuser mode without network support (in FreeBSD 6.1) as there is in SYS V > run levels". Is this correct? This would mean that I can not install FreeBSD in a small 10 > user office without network support? What the book means is that FreeBSD just does not distinguish various runlevels like SysV does. There is only singleuser and multiuser with BSD-stlye init, while SysV init has more (Singleuser, Multiuser with no networking, Multiuser with Networking, X...). Of course it's possible to run FreeBSD non-networked. :-) > I have work with all versions of unix (ATT, SCO, AIX, SUN) etc and they all have multiuser > mode without network support. It should be possible to get an Intel processor and 10 dumm > terminals, hook them up by wire and you'd be in business. This is true for the unix I > mentioned above. Is it also true for ANY version of BSD (free or otherwise)? > > Thank you. > > Joe Markarian