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Date:      Mon, 17 May 1999 11:56:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        "maxim a. naumov" <muxx@ats.ru>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: some questions about FreeBSD-3.1-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9905171154280.15052-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <373A72A1.C5BE2B23@ats.ru>

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On Thu, 13 May 1999, maxim a. naumov wrote:

> by first i want to thank you and all of FreeBSD constructors for
> beatiful work.
> by second, want to ask you some questions:
> 
> 1. i've downloaded distribution set of FreeBSD-3.1-RELEASE and now i
> want to record my cd-rom for my home purposes. which directory
> structure i must keep on this cd-rom for installing FreeBSD directly
> from one by /stand/sysinstall ? [in older versions, when i've
> installed FreeBSD from ms-dos partition, distribution set placed in
> directory x:\FREEBSD. now it's must install from root directory.] and,
> where i must place XFree and packages ?

It should look just like the FTP site, rooted in the release directory.
The packages won't all fit on one disc, so copy what you want to install
from sysinstall.

> 2. in 2.2.7 directories for loading shared libraries was pointed by
> ldconfig_path in /etc/rc.conf. in 3.1 rc.conf was changed and i don't
> know how to add my new library directories at startup. man ldconfig
> described an old procedure.

Here are mine:

ldconfig_paths="/usr/lib/compat /usr/X11R6/lib /usr/local/lib" 
ldconfig_paths_aout="/usr/lib/compat/aout /usr/X11R6/lib/aout \
/usr/local/lib/aout"

> 3. i have ps/2 microsoft mouse. how can i change it's resolution in
> XFree. XF86Setup and changing /etc/XF86Config causes no effect. i was
> started mouse daemon in /stand/sysinstall.

man moused

Doug White                               
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