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From: Richard Lessa <RichardLe@pcmall.com>
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Hi there, I just installed FreeBSD on my home computer last night (an old
Gateway G6-400).  I partitioned my drive so that I'm booting 98' on my
primary DOS partition and FreeBSD on my extended or other partition.
Everything seemed to install pretty smooth, after I figured out the tricks
to naming the partitions properly, etc... (general idiot stuff).  The thing
is, I'm confused on how much space I need to run the part of FreeBSD that
I'm most interested in, those being: XFree86, X-Window Server (Gnome and/or
KDE, w/ Enlightenment or IceWM), simple networking protocol support to dial
out to my ISP and the cryptography files as well... that's what I'm most
interested in and I guess I selected too many "extra" doo-dads (kudos to you
guys for including an INSANE amount of third party software/utitilities on
Disk 1), and ran up to my 4GB limit... or maybe I partitioned something
screwy.  I dunno... I've set up my swapfile to be about 263MB and the
extended BSD partition to be 4600MB, the 4600MB I named "/" I know that's
fine for root or at least I think it's supposed to be, I didn't create a
separate "/usr" and I named the 263MB "swapfile" which seemed to work
fine... initially when I booted up and the CD-ROM started into it's deal
about "Configure Kernel Now" or "Skip Kernel Config and go straight to
Visual Setup", I tried the "Configure Kernel" and I had 8 conflicts listed
on my networking thingamabob... some mess about all these PCI NIC adapter
cards being in conflict with something else... I left all that stuff alone
and went ahead with the visual install, Win 98 (sigh) still works on it's
partition and doesn't seem to have any problems other than being Windows (I
wonder if Windows knows it sucks).  Anyway, now when I get to the easy boot
boot manager I go through and select FreeBSD and it appears to come up fine,
my login which I setup for myself as a "user" seems to login properly,
whoami and all that seems to work, but xinit and xterm and all just pull up
error messages, something about xinit cannot be found which led me to
believe that it wasn't in fact installed, so when I tried installing it, it
appears I ran out of room.  So to make a short story insanely long, I just
need to know if there's something I can do to remove all those nifty
programs I wanted to use or if I need to scrub the partition and do it over
again from scratch.  Also, the only other thing I noticed and this is cuz
I'm new to UNIX not necessarily cuz there's a problem is, when I'm at the $
prompt and type /usr or any other file directory, I get the "access denied"
even when I logout and login as root I still get that.  I know you're
probably laughing your ass off cuz I sound like a moron but I'm smart enough
to know windows sucks and smart enough to know how to at least get FreeBSD
semi-installed on my system.  Please don't make me go back to win 98!
Please please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thanks for the help and/or insults,
either way I'll figure this damn thing out eventually!  If I've sent this to
the wrong e-mail address, if you could kindly let me know where I need to
send it, I'd appreciate it!

Thanks,

Rich




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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Hi there, I just installed FreeBSD on =
my home computer last night (an old Gateway G6-400).&nbsp; I =
partitioned my drive so that I'm booting 98' on my primary DOS =
partition and FreeBSD on my extended or other partition.&nbsp; =
Everything seemed to install pretty smooth, after I figured out the =
tricks to naming the partitions properly, etc... (general idiot =
stuff).&nbsp; The thing is, I'm confused on how much space I need to =
run the part of FreeBSD that I'm most interested in, those being: =
XFree86, X-Window Server (Gnome and/or KDE, w/ Enlightenment or IceWM), =
simple networking protocol support to dial out to my ISP and the =
cryptography files as well... that's what I'm most interested in and I =
guess I selected too many &quot;extra&quot; doo-dads (kudos to you guys =
for including an INSANE amount of third party software/utitilities on =
Disk 1), and ran up to my 4GB limit... or maybe I partitioned something =
screwy.&nbsp; I dunno... I've set up my swapfile to be about 263MB and =
the extended BSD partition to be 4600MB, the 4600MB I named =
&quot;/&quot; I know that's fine for root or at least I think it's =
supposed to be, I didn't create a separate &quot;/usr&quot; and I named =
the 263MB &quot;swapfile&quot; which seemed to work fine... initially =
when I booted up and the CD-ROM started into it's deal about =
&quot;Configure Kernel Now&quot; or &quot;Skip Kernel Config and go =
straight to Visual Setup&quot;, I tried the &quot;Configure =
Kernel&quot; and I had 8 conflicts listed on my networking =
thingamabob... some mess about all these PCI NIC adapter cards being in =
conflict with something else... I left all that stuff alone and went =
ahead with the visual install, Win 98 (sigh) still works on it's =
partition and doesn't seem to have any problems other than being =
Windows (I wonder if Windows knows it sucks).&nbsp; Anyway, now when I =
get to the easy boot boot manager I go through and select FreeBSD and =
it appears to come up fine, my login which I setup for myself as a =
&quot;user&quot; seems to login properly, whoami and all that seems to =
work, but xinit and xterm and all just pull up error messages, =
something about xinit cannot be found which led me to believe that it =
wasn't in fact installed, so when I tried installing it, it appears I =
ran out of room.&nbsp; So to make a short story insanely long, I just =
need to know if there's something I can do to remove all those nifty =
programs I wanted to use or if I need to scrub the partition and do it =
over again from scratch.&nbsp; Also, the only other thing I noticed and =
this is cuz I'm new to UNIX not necessarily cuz there's a problem is, =
when I'm at the $ prompt and type /usr or any other file directory, I =
get the &quot;access denied&quot; even when I logout and login as root =
I still get that.&nbsp; I know you're probably laughing your ass off =
cuz I sound like a moron but I'm smart enough to know windows sucks and =
smart enough to know how to at least get FreeBSD semi-installed on my =
system.&nbsp; Please don't make me go back to win 98!&nbsp; Please =
please please!!!!!!!!!!!!!&nbsp; Thanks for the help and/or insults, =
either way I'll figure this damn thing out eventually!&nbsp; If I've =
sent this to the wrong e-mail address, if you could kindly let me know =
where I need to send it, I'd appreciate it!</FONT></P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Rich</FONT>
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