Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:21:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Bob Hindla <rhindla@panix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PS1 path variable edit Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9808191220490.27190-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01bdcb97$03469720$ded454a6@d300.panix.com>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Bob Hindla wrote: > Question 1: I've installed FreeBSD on a clone, but when I go to edit the > .profile file to try to introduce the \w switch to the PS1 variable, I don't > seem to get any results; for the root, the prompt stays # and for the first > id I've added, I don't see the prompt altered in the way I expected. I've > edited at least two instances of .profile. When you su to root it takes over /root/.profile, if root's shell is sh. The default is csh, note. Also those escape characters may be supported only by bash. > Question 2: Why does CD #1 of the four CD set list so many files at 0 bytes > length? I couldn't install many of the packages I wanted and this would > seem to be a factor. Which files? > Question 3: Is there a recommended CDROM driver I should activate for a CD > from a manufacturer named BTC? I'm working on this project in an education > center which has bought decided non-brand, low-cost equipment. IDE or SCSI? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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