From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 2 06:00:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA24289 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 06:00:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.0.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA24283 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 06:00:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tomg@nrnet.org) Received: from mailhost.nrnet.org (tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org [166.84.192.39]) by mail1.panix.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/PanixM1.3) with ESMTP id JAA14757 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:00:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (tomg@localhost) by mailhost.nrnet.org (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA00567 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:02:18 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:02:17 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good To: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: trifecta of beginner questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all, Just got BSD up and going...now trying to bring over some utils I am used to, and to colourize my environment. Pardon the rookie questions - have tried a bit of RTFM but... I am currently stuck in the following areas: 1) What is the equivalent of the UnixWare setcolour/Linux setterm command to set fg/bg console screen colours? 2) I do not have mtools installed yet...how may I get the tarball off of a floppy and onto my system? Can FreeBSD read a system V fs? Should I stick with a dos formatted floppy (how can I mount it?). 3) What is the syntax for mounting a dos partition? I've tried mount_msdos but am generating only stderr... A bonus question: I need to get my UUCP conf files happy with an internal modem (com4 so it would be /dev/cuaa3...) Of course I get the `device not configured' complaint from cu...anyone able to point me to a relevant HOWTO or URL? Many thanks... Cheers, Tom ----------- Sisters of Charity Medical Center ---------- Department of Psychiatry ---- Thomas Good, System Administrator North Richmond CMHC/Residential Services Phone: 718-354-5528 75 Vanderbilt Ave, Quarters 8 Fax: 718-354-5056 Staten Island, NY 10304 www.panix.com/~ugd ---- Powered by PostgreSQL 6.3.2 / Perl 5.004 / DBI-0.91::DBD-PG-0.69 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message