From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 11 21:33:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nameserver.austclear.com.au (nameserver.austclear.com.au [192.83.119.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA1BB37B491 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:33:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from tungsten.austclear.com.au (tungsten.austclear.com.au [192.168.70.1]) by nameserver.austclear.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA50947; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:33:28 +1100 (EST) Received: from tungsten (tungsten [192.168.70.1]) by tungsten.austclear.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA11449; Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:33:28 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <200102120533.QAA11449@tungsten.austclear.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Cc: "Bruce Lacey" , "[gill]" , "Isak Lyberth" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD on macs In-Reply-To: Message from "Ted Mittelstaedt" of "Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:29:32 -0800." <000801c094b4$c78cee20$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 16:33:28 +1100 From: Tony Landells Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I think this has pretty much moved away from any interest for the general FreeBSD community, so I'll discuss it off the list. > 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 > > -- 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