Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 17:41:32 -0600 (CST) From: Steve Price <sprice@hiwaay.net> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux vs. FreeBSD: The Storage Wars Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.4.02.9903261733010.22203-100000@fly.HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.WNT.3.95.990326151711.-13187B-100000@bb-b1-11a>
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On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Rick Hamell wrote: # # > And here is where we as a volunteer project need your help. Pick # > any part of the system, play around with it, tweak some knobs, # > write up what you've learned and send it to us. :) # # I have been working on it. :) My problem is that I'm am still from Great! # the DOS world. I have a hard time thinking like a Unix person still, # mostly because I don't know how to do so. Secondly, pretty much jumping in # feet first I know I'm making mistakes that may cause problems down the # road, We've all been there. I'm still there is many respects and I have been using Unix for a long time. The key is to not get discouraged. # i.e. when I install a package, where should I download the file too? I usually put mine in /usr/ports/packages/All. # Does it matter? Not really. Though if you ever decide to build packages yourself the default .mk files will put things in /usr/ports/packages/*. # Where should I untar it too? You don't need to untar it, pkgadd(1) will do that for your. In fact, there are a whole host of package management tools that make life alot easier. # How much swap space is enough? Enough for what? # Those are the kinds of questions I have. I've read a few system # administrator books. Mostly I learned to do regular backups and to make # sure I have adequete power backup system. Is there a Zen for Unix # Administrators? :) Stored away in many thousands of Unix sysadmins heads, but not on paper anywhere that I know of. Though I've heard good things about Greg Lehey's book. # # # Rick # # www.grendal.org # # # To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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