Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 14:54:23 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, SoftGuit8@aol.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hard drive for Free BSD Message-ID: <00070514562303.00335@dannyh.freebsd.org> References: <20000704194243.A8135@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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Solution :- - 1) You have to goto the BIOS and modify your HD settings to LBA ( I believe from memory) -2) You can either use the "which" or the "whereis" command to find stuff such as perl. eg>- whereis vi or which vi Looking forward to yourfeedback. dannyh dannyh@idx.com.au O n Wed, 05 Jul 2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > > I have tried to download the Free BSD or even a partition on my Maxtor > > 27.2 gig harddrive and had absolutely no luck..... > > What exactly are you trying to do? The default install proces? And > what error are you getting? Is the install failing, or is the > machine not booting afterwards, or is it something else? > > > 2) I am used to the "vi editor" But do not see that it is incorporated into > > the Free BSD ....am I wrong...or am I just not looking in the right places. > > It's there in the usual place, /usr/bin. > > Rahul. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- You are not authorized to use my email address for any purpose. This is a violation of my privacy. Remove my email address from your databases immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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