From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 7 01:58:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA26639 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from copernicus.iafrica.com (root@copernicus.iafrica.com [196.31.1.15]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA26628 for ; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 01:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from copernicus.iafrica.com (khetan@copernicus.iafrica.com [196.31.1.15]) by copernicus.iafrica.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA04665; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:58:34 +0200 (SAT) Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 10:58:33 +0200 (SAT) From: Khetan Gajjar To: RYAN DARBY cc: ", DDA.RFC-822:questions(a)freebsd.org, P:TELKOM, A:TELKOM400ZA" Subject: Re: Dummies guide to freebsd ? In-Reply-To: <0119114072317950*@MHS> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 7 Aug 1996, RYAN DARBY wrote: > I finally managed to get BSD installed. I had /usr too small and / too > big. Is /usr mentioned in the install the directory /usr as a subdirectory > of / on the disk? And is the / in the install /root on the disk? / and /usr are (usually) seperate partitions. The sizes depend entirely on the amount of disk space you have. On my 1 gig drive, I've given / 45 mb, /var 45 mv, used 150mb as swap and the rest for /usr. > Also, I get a WARNING : / NOT PROPERLY DISMOUNTED when I boot. I logout > and then turn off. I am running on a standalone PC. Am I doing something > wrong to get out of it? DO NOT just shut down the PC. You stand the chance of losing everything in memory i.e. since the last controlled shutdown. You need to login as root and type shutdown, or halt, or reboot -r now. Why are you continually shutting down the PC though ? > Also, is there perhaps a FAQ or giude to BSD on the internet that is > intended for total begginers such as myself? I am battling along in a > small desert town with nothing but Win95 for 500Km around me! You can look at http://www.za.freebsd.org for the nearest documentation that's on-line. You can alternatively type lynx file:///usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook_toc.html for the handbook or lynx file:///usr/share/doc/FAQ/faq_toc.html for the FAQ. > Thanks very much for your help. I really do appreciate it. Sure. --- Khetan Gajjar [ http://www.iafrica.com/~khetan ] UUNet Internet Africa [ 0800-030-002 & help@iafrica.com ] Get rid of Telkom.... [ http://www.ispa.org.za ] I'm a FreeBSD User! [ http://www.freebsd.org ] Any opinions stated in this message are personal. UIA's official policy may not be reflected in this message.