Date: Mon, 1 Sep 1997 22:56:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stephen Milley <smilley@waterw.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Snapshot version Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970901225153.3114J-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970901223724.00691920@waterw.com>
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On Mon, 1 Sep 1997, Stephen Milley wrote: > I downloaded the FreeBSD SnapShot version, and installed it in my system. I > later found out it's better for me to go with FreeBSD-Current :) It depends on what you want to do and how current you want to stay. > But, I was curious as to why(and people are asking on IRC, too) they took > out /stand/sysconfig in Snap shot version 3. /etc/sysconfig was replaced by /etc/rc.conf, which uses a different format. I think it was changed to make the options in it more `orthagonal' (??) among other things. It's driving me nuts since now I have to refer to that file as /etc/{sysconfig rc.conf} if a release wasn't specified. :) > There also some other things about it that I find challenging, but > unusual! One of them was the fact that you had only 4 ttys when you > first installed, and had to make 8 from doing a "/dev/MAKEDEV vty4", all > the way up to vty7 and add them to /etc/ttys. It's always been that way. > I also don't know how to get rid of the devices that show up in startup > that say they aren't assigned to any port address(they give the specific > addresses, which I like about FreeBSD). Type `-c' at the Boot: prompt to get to the config utility; you can then reconfigure the settings or disable the devices you don't have. > I think FreeBSD, however is the best OS that came out of them all. Now you're talkin' ! > If you don't understand error messages then don't use Unix! :) It's not that bad; if you can translate `Input/Ouput error' to EIO and remembered to install the man pages then you have what you need. > Even though I am going to install the current version, I am curious as > to what changed! Thanks and please reply to as much as these questions, > as I also see these issues related on IRC(mostly concerning the > FreeBSD2.2 and up). :) Release notes can be found in the usual location, http://www.freebsd.org. > P.S. Btw, is FreeBSD Posix compliant? Most parts yes, some parts no. The manual pages note if they are. You'll have to ask hackers@freebsd.org if you need more detail. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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