Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 10:11:27 -0400 From: "Martin M" <lalala@globalserve.net> To: "ifup" <ifup@yifan.net>, <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: after install freebsd Message-ID: <001b01bf075f$dcc44100$2e0ca7d1@lalala> References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9909250728500.969-100000@rg.dhis.org>
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OS-Boot Select seems to have no problems booting FreeBSD... It's
freeware, and presents a menu at least as nice as System Commander's...
I think you can download it in /utils from ftp.freebsd.org, if not just
look it up on the internet.... the file is called osbs20b8.exe or
osbs20b8.zip. It comes with instructions.
It won't actually recognize a fat32 partition (it's old), but will boot
windows9x anyways (add the "uknown type" partition to your menu and it works
just fine).
Sound card: I don't know if your sound card is supported or not (is it
sound blaster compatible? (send that question to
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org if it isn't.)) but YES, you will have to
recompile the kernel to get sound. You'll also want to make a symlink at
/dev/cdrom that points to your CD drive to get most cd players to work....
Personally I have had some problems with CD playing software ported from
linux (kscd core dumps right after starting); You need to grab a cd player
that allows you to specify the device on the command line (like the gnome cd
player..
"cd_command -d /dev/cdrom").
As for ppp, if you're using X anyway, why not just stick to kppp or
gnome-ppp? I think the command to activate ppp is "pppd", I have no idea
how to configure it from the command line but try "man pppd" to read the
manual page for that comand.
----- Original Message -----
From: ifup <ifup@yifan.net>
To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 7:31 AM
Subject: after install freebsd
>
> hi,
>
> I've installed freebsd. The time taken was a little longer than I setup
> rh-linux. However it's not bad. Here's what've done:
>
> 1. using partition magic to delete a partition and let freebsd to create
> its own slices for / and swp in that partition.
>
> 2. I've found that boot magic could boot freebsd. However, I found linux
> could do the job. So, I add several lines in lilo.conf and it works:
> linux==>freebsd.
>
> There are more thing I need After what I will be all ready to go:
>
> 1. does freebsd have its howto site?
>
> 2. I have ppp installed, how to activate and disactivate it and
> configure it?
>
> 3. my soundcard is cs4236b, is it supported? Do I need to recompile
> kernel to let it recognized? How? (dumb question, I run gnome playcd
> software: do cdrom? no xplaycd either.)
>
> Thanks for your attention.
>
> Weizhong
>
>
>
>
>
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