From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 6 23:50:37 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C9B106567C for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:50:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC248FC2B for ; Thu, 6 Aug 2009 23:50:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-59-134.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.59.134]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CAF43CD30; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:50:35 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n76NoZHQ002099; Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:50:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 01:50:35 +0200 From: Polytropon To: James Phillips Message-Id: <20090807015035.8e1227e4.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <945518.43400.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> References: <945518.43400.qm@web65507.mail.ac4.yahoo.com> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Neal Hogan Subject: Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: > upgrade 7.2 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:50:38 -0000 On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:41:40 -0700 (PDT), James Phillips wrote: > Put another way: I want a reliable, backed-up file-server before > playing around on my "workstation" that would be a separate > computer. The default installation of FreeBSD covers most cases. > I want to build myself a "sand-box" so I don't have to worry > about breaking stuff that is unrelated. You could be interested in FreeBSD's jail subsystem. > Another way of asking the question: > > How much of a learning curve is configuring FreeBSD (for Samba, NFS, > DVD burning (backups) expected to be? Depends completely on you. On your knowledge, experience, the basics you're familiar with, and the paradigms that you have lived in that make you expect certain things to work. Samba - find a good tutorial that covers your needs. NFS - same DVD burning - install dvd+rw-tools and read "man growisofs", especially the EXAMPLES section. > Am I reading too much because of a learning disability, or do I > really need to read and understand that much detail? No. You just have to understand the things that are directly related to your requirements. For example, I know how to set up a PCL printer, but I don't know how to program in PCL. :-) > I have some experience with Dos/Windows, and Linux (mainly Debian > based). Should be fine. But keep in mind that FreeBSD is not Linux, allthough there are many similarities. And FreeBSD is not DOS. And it does not look like DOS. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...