Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 12:09:07 -0300 From: Jan Pfeifer <janpf@iname.com> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: moving from Debian Linux Message-ID: <20000812120907.A3108@abstract.dhis.net>
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hi, I'm just trying out FreeBSD (4.1), coming from Debian/Linux, and after the initial installations I got a couple of problems/doubts I couldn't find out myself. Any help would be really appreciated: 1. I tried configuring my ethernet card by hand, using ifconfig, and it worked out. But where (or using which program) should I configure it permanently ? -- I didn't find this info in the Handbook, is there some other docs I'm missing ? BTW, where should I configure the default DNS address -- it didn't install any /etc/resolv.conf, should I create it ? 2. it would be nice if both systems (FreeBSD and Linux) would share the same /home/ partition. Which (and why?) partition format should I use: ufs or ext2 ? I mean, Linux docs states that ufs support is experimental, and I read somewhere that ext2 is also unstable in FreeBSD. Both seems to support msdos partitions quite well, but I wouldn't be happy if I need to use it :) 3. to configure XFree86 for FreeBSD I just copied my linux configuration file, changed the fonts and pointer sections. Very strangely, when X started, my monitor (a ViewSonic 17", 1280x1024x60Hz) would complain about invalid frequency ... The card is a S3 Savage4,and XFree86 is 6.3.3.6 in both systems. Any idea about what could be causing this ? (I tried lower frequencies, like 1024x768x60Hz, and then it worked ...) 4. I noticed the ports and packaging system uses /usr/local/... directories to store the installed programs/packages. Where does local programs that I wish to install goes ? I mean, debian/linux uses /usr/bin/ for the package programs and I use the /usr/local for "unofficial" programs. Is there something like /usr/local/local/... in FreeBSD ? (where "unofficial" means not managed by the packaging/port system) sorry for the basic questions, I just don't have anyone around that uses FreeBSD to help me here :) thanks in advance, jan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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