Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 13:27:33 +1100 (EST) From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: frying pan to fire? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971208124752.19165A-100000@zipper.zip.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971207162645.20348E-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Sun, 7 Dec 1997, Julian Elischer wrote: > g'day (OZ in exile) Come back! We need more people like you! :-) Thanks for all the info. > and anyhow it means that you can split /usr/src and /usr/obj on > 2 different drives wich speads things up if you are going to do 'make > world' :) ... > /usr/obj: 140MB + 21MB (it stashes copies of 'cc' and it's own vopy > /usr/include in the tmp so it is self contained > when doing a 'make world'.) > > These figures are with everything BUILT, so that includes all the .o files > and binaries sitting in /usr/obj. I don't understand all this programming and compiling business, so the point of where the files go is lost on me, unless I can follow recipe-style. I'll keep it for when I do understand though :-) > you don't really need all the sources if: > 1/ you have them on CDROM > 2/ you aren't following -current You've convinced me :-) > 1/ copy /etc to somewher safe (a tar file in the DOS disk? (and turn the > power off on it)) Just unplug the drive's power cable? Or is there a graceful way? > 2/ write down (or print out) > the output of: Noted with thanks... and relief. > > I'm concerned that the last upgrade was not perfect, losing the use of > > some existing stuff in bin. Posts here mentioned the loss of ps but my ps > > works fine, I lost killall and which and a couple of others, and for some > > reason I couldn't follow the remedy given for ps. Maybe an upgrade will > > fix this anyway? > > upgrades should not delete anything. (except /etc) No, nothing was deleted. It all shows up with ls, permissions look generous, but when I try to _execute_ them (say, 'which ls') it lies to me, saying something like "we haven't got anything to run called 'which' here" (paraphrased, not in FreeBSD right now). > I re-arange my disk about every 6 months :) Ooooh, and here's me thinking this is impossible, or at least treacherous! > > And the kernel. I like my funny little kernel the way it is. Can I simply > > take the old config file and rebuild it under 2.2.5 without brain input? > Basically. > diff your config against GENERIC > and apply the diffs to the new GENERIC Diff?? The last diff I touched left me covered in grease. But I guess you're talking about the type of diff that needs a man. Sounds useful, I'll investigate. > WHERE in OZ? Sydney/Gosford Don't call in for coffee, pancakes, home baked bread and fresh pasta with garden grown basil and oregano or you'll end up working for it :-)
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