From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 23 15:49: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from watson.ficsgrp.com (watson.ficsgrp.com [194.74.111.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C6E837B982 for ; Tue, 23 May 2000 15:48:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from harry.woodward-clarke@s1.com) Received: from mail.au.ficsgrp.com ([194.74.111.35]) by watson.ficsgrp.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA22CF for ; Wed, 24 May 2000 00:48:30 +0200 Received: from S1.com ([172.16.48.219]) by mail.au.ficsgrp.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id 743; Wed, 24 May 2000 08:52:18 +1000 Message-ID: <392B0AEB.CDC28865@S1.com> Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 22:49:15 +0000 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.36 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: alcotraz@netone.com.tr Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi alcotraz, > > Hello > I`ve been using linux for a long time and i want to experience >FreeBSD. I > have 2 questions. > 1. Can i use kernels i`ve been using for linux @ bsd? how? i`ve >found some > documents for configuring kernel but no docs explaining me how to >copy a > new kernel, how to update symlinks etc.. In short - No. In slightly longer form, GNU/Linux & FreeBSD are quite different Operating Systems. They are functionally quite similar (although, I will admit to preferring FeeBSD ;'), but at the kernel level they are quite distinct. So no, you can't just pull out the old GNU/Linux 'engine' and bolt in a bright shiny new FreeBSD 'engine'. It's a matter of get the CD (the best way to do it) and install from scratch. Which is not to say that you have to abandon everything you've ever done in Linux - there is a Linuxulator in FreeBSD that emulates RH Linux. > 2. You know in linux, when i try to type for exapmle >aaaaaaaaaaaa, i used > to type aaa and press tab, so it was auto typing the rest. Is >there anyway > i can make FreeBSD do this? You sure can! That's a function of the shell program you're using - in the Linux world BASH is typically installed by default, and I have BASH on my FreeBSD boxes in my user accounts. (ZSH also does this, as do many other shells) > > thank you very much > You're welcome. Have lots of fun with FreeBSD. haxxa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message