From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 31 19:56:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29BAC16A42B for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:56:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eric@schultznet.ca) Received: from dfw002.8inet.com (dfw002.8inet.com [72.232.12.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A8643D5D for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:56:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from eric@schultznet.ca) Received: from [206.162.187.199] (helo=[172.22.100.67]) by dfw002.8inet.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1F41c7-0003LV-G4; Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:56:31 -0500 Message-ID: <43DFC0EB.8050005@schultznet.ca> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:56:27 -0500 From: Eric Schultz Organization: SchultzNet.ca User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Giorgos Keramidas References: <43DE5E0A.1090806@schultznet.ca> <20060130190609.GD96466@flame.pc> In-Reply-To: <20060130190609.GD96466@flame.pc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dfw002.8inet.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - schultznet.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What functionality is provided by minimal install X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:56:34 -0000 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-01-30 13:42, Eric Schultz wrote: >> sysintall help that a Minimal install is "just the base system." But >> what _functionality_ is provided by a *base system*??? > > A short `overview' of a sort can be seen with: > > # man 5 rc.conf > > For every daemon, service, or option that you see in that manpage, there is > also a feature of the base system. > Good afternoon... That's a very interesting idea. I guess that would cover (excuse my un-certainty with the terminology here) the /kernel/ but not the /userland/. For the /userland/ i assume I would still have to man every executable - and then some - that I find? -- Headed for the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning... Eric Schultz (aka Storkman) Photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/schultznet Homepage: http://www.schultznet.ca Blog: http://schultznet.blogspot.com/