Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 23:41:00 -0500 From: Michael Johnson <michael@emjay.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why so many? Message-ID: <967702DC-0742-11D7-B647-003065966488@emjay.net> In-Reply-To: <20021204024523.GC18625@gothmog.gr>
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On Tuesday, Dec 3, 2002, at 21:45 US/Eastern, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-12-03 20:01, Michael Johnson <michael@emjay.net> wrote: >> So I decided to go for it...I got a laptop, never booted it into >> Windows so I don't pay my M$ tax, downloaded the 4 CDs worth of >> stuff, burned the CDs, and booted the laptop from the first CD. I >> dodged the Windows bullet. Whew! > > Yuppie! :-) > Not yet...I need to trade in my Mazda for a BMW first. *GRIN* > Welcome to the FreeBSD side of the world. > Having played with other BSD like systems, I feel like it's a family reunion where you're meeting family members for the first time. Darwin/OSX and IRIX are both close relatives, but they have the nose from _that_ side of the family. =-) >> Now, I have the install CD #1, and three other coasters. I never >> was prompted to use the other three CDs. What are they for and if >> it's cool stuff, how do I get it off there onto my fresh clean >> install of FreeBSD 4.7? > > The disc2.iso image is a "live filesystem", IIRC. You can use this > CD-ROM as a "fixit" disk which, combined with the installation > programs of disc1.iso, can be used to repair any installation you make > from disc1.iso. > Does this mean when I screw something up, as I know I will soon, I install the first CD, select the fix_it option, then it prompts me for the second CD? > The rest of those CD-ROMs contain precompiled versions of `packages'. > Packages are programs that you can install on your FreeBSD system. > You can install those either as part of your initial system > installation, using the package tools provided by sysinstall (the > installation program that you see when you boot the first CD-ROM), or > later, using the pkg_add, pkg_delete, and related programs. > These I get since in the GNU-Darwin distro, the same apps are used for the ports. However, the ports are kept in an online repository and the makefiles are stored in the /ports directory. >> I already tried the SGI syntax I'm used to and did 'mount CDROM' to no >> avail. Then 'mount cdrom' and still nothing. Is there an automount >> like in IRIX or OSX/Darwin? > > # mount /cdrom aha...syntax. I did 'mount cdrom' instead of 'mount /cdrom'. > PS: You might want to post questions to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > from now on, since freebsd-newbies is not a list for technical > questions. > I think I may have misunderstood the purpose of this list. Thanks for the kind pointer. -Michael ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- _ /~\ The ASCII \ / Ribbon Campaign X Help Cure Q:Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. / \ HTML Email A:Why is top posting frowned upon? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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