From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Dec 29 0:10:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E32C837B401; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:10:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from nezlok.unixathome.org (nezlok.unixathome.org [216.187.87.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E33243EC2; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:10:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@nezlok.unixathome.org) Received: by nezlok.unixathome.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1296CAE49F; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Langille To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: The FreeBSD Diary: 2002-12-08 - 2002-12-28 Message-Id: <20021229081002.1296CAE49F@nezlok.unixathome.org> Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 00:10:02 -0800 (PST) Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. 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Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the mailing list archives and/or The FreeBSD Diary . -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/ - practical examples FreshPorts - http://www.FreshPorts.org/ - the place for ports FreshSource - http://www.FreshSource.org/ - the place for source To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Dec 29 13:41:26 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 113BB37B401 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:41:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02.attbi.com [204.127.202.62]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14D5143ED1 for ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:41:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chrisfox8@attbi.com) Received: from WinBox.attbi.com (12-230-121-62.client.attbi.com[12.230.121.62]) by sccrmhc02.attbi.com (sccrmhc02) with SMTP id <20021229214123002000fdobe>; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:41:24 +0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20021229134753.00adc560@mail.attbi.com> X-Sender: chrisfox8@mail.attbi.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:49:57 -0800 To: Lute Mullenix , "Nikolay M. Pilyuk" From: Chris Fox Subject: Re: Need help installing FreeBSD Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20021228095057.751ae8ce.lute@cableone.net> References: <1503723687.20021228134909@fpm.kubsu.ru> <20021227215602.55090.qmail@web21408.mail.yahoo.com> <763565875.20021228134632@fpm.kubsu.ru> <1503723687.20021228134909@fpm.kubsu.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 09:50 AM 12/28/2002 -0600, Lute Mullenix wrote: > >One other option and it's the way I do it is to just download the floppy >images and boot from floppy, then install the rest of the system via ftp >site. I installed 4.3 from CD, but that was the last one, of course I was >still on dial-up at that time. On the other hand if I had a CD burner.... I have a CD burner but I always do the FTP installation just because it's so co0l. It takes a little longer ... OK, it takes a lot longer, but it runs attended after you make all your choices .. but it's still novel to me to install over a network connection. Not to mention getting the very latest releases and fixes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 31 21:53: 4 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5227937B401 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.shadow.net (mail.shadow.net [65.166.1.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ACC443EA9 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 21:53:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phoenix@shadow.net) Received: from shadow.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.shadow.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h015TCLv025318 for ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 00:53:52 -0500 (EST) X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (shadow.net) Received: from [66.217.147.167] by shadow.net (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP; 1 Jan 2003 5:53:51 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: phoenix Organization: narn home world To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Hello Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 01:09:37 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200301010109.37814.phoenix@shadow.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I'm a FreeBSD newbie. I've used Linux for years and decided just on a lark to try FreeBSD. It's more powerful that Linux - that's for sur= e. It took me a bit to write this. I had my box set up and online before, however, I messed up my PPP files and ended up spending=20 3 days restoring them so that I could ge on - line and communicate. (Using Kernel PPP). - Just my way of saying "Hello" -=20 - Dave - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Dec 31 22:13:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 594B137B401 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:13:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C95843EC2 for ; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:13:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from zacg@attbi.com) Received: from home.chickenz.net (12-230-145-155.client.attbi.com[12.230.145.155]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with SMTP id <2003010106132505100lq9v4e>; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 06:13:25 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Zachary Gates To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: /etc/rc.conf and virtual hosts Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 22:13:24 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200212312213.24845.zacg@attbi.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ifconfig_fxp0=3D"inet 192.168.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0" ifconfig_fxp0_alias0=3D"inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast=20 192.168.0.1" ifconfig_fxp0_alias1=3D"inet 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast=20 192.168.0.1" is this valid usage of ifconfig in /etc/rc.conf ? Zac Gates To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message