From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 11 21:32:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B4237B491 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:32:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f1C5TN310369; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:29:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Tony Landells" Cc: "Bruce Lacey" , "[gill]" , "Isak Lyberth" , Subject: RE: BSD on macs Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:29:32 -0800 Message-ID: <000801c094b4$c78cee20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <200102120456.PAA10056@tungsten.austclear.com.au> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks! I don't have a PPC so I haven't been running the betas, although once it ships I'll be looking around for a used one in a minimal configuration, and if I can get one for a song I want to boot it up. Now, is it possible to make the system boot into character mode so as to turn off the GUI completely? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Tony Landells > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 8:57 PM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: Bruce Lacey; [gill]; Isak Lyberth; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: BSD on macs > > > Unless something has changed since the Public Beta, this isn't true. > > You can choose to enable telnet (though they suggest you have it > disabled if you don't know you want it), and there is a terminal > tool that gives you a shell. > > > Although I understand that /bin/sh isn't part of the > > distribution - the only way to get at the system is > > through the gooey. > > > > > > Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com > > Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide > > Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Bruce Lacey > > > Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 11:01 AM > > > To: [gill]; Isak Lyberth > > > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG' > > > Subject: Re: BSD on macs > > > > > > > > > Apple's MacOS X, to be released March 24, includes the FreeBSD 3.2 > > > personality running on the Mach 3.0 kernel. > > > > > > > > > on 2/6/01 12:17 PM, [gill] at gill@topsecret.net wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Look at NetBSD > > > > http://www.netbsd.org > > > > > > > > --gill > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Tony Landells > Senior Network Engineer Ph: +61 3 9677 9319 > Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd Fax: +61 3 9677 9355 > Level 4, Rialto North Tower > 525 Collins Street > Melbourne VIC 3000 > Australia > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message