From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 6 00:28:35 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA04418 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jan 1996 00:28:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line13.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.145]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA04410 for ; Sat, 6 Jan 1996 00:28:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id AAA05124; Sat, 6 Jan 1996 00:28:46 -0800 Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 00:28:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Gary Kline cc: 72110.765@compuserve.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1 In-Reply-To: <9601060255.AA02982@tera.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, Gary Kline wrote: > To date, virtually nothing has been plug and > play. Nothing (except for xemacs) has auto-configured > and ``just worked.'' I was a bit surprised that > software on the FreeBSD CD is not BSD-specific. At > least mostly. Odd. I've had the opposite experience. The only thing I've had trouble with is TeX (which I'm now recompiling, and crossing my fingers). Everything else has been `make', `su', `make install', `rehash' and run. > I've been porting for more years than I care to > admit, and I'll finish up with the same environment > as is on my old 386.... but am I doing something > stupid? Is there some pre-config magic for FreeBSD > hidden away somewhere?? Better to ask this now > than wait until I've re-re-re-invented the wheel! I haven't a clue. You must have just picked the wrong ports, I guess :) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major