From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 29 03:21:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA25137 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 03:21:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ot.stpn.soft.net (freebie.opentech.stpn.soft.net [204.143.126.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id DAA25132 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 03:21:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from andes (andes.opentech.stpn.soft.net [204.143.126.66]) by ot.stpn.soft.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id PAA24746; Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:53:54 +0530 Message-ID: <340735C4.ADFD0EDD@opentech.stpn.soft.net> Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 15:49:09 -0500 From: Prashant Dongre Reply-To: pdongre@opentech.stpn.soft.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Yimin Hsiao CC: "'questions@FreeBSD.org'" Subject: Re: Several questions X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <01BCB3D6.225A7CA0@yihsiao.extern.ucsd.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yimin Hsiao wrote: > Hi, guys, > I guess I'm a newcomer to this UNIX OS. I 've already run into > several problems after I installed FreeBSD. Can anyone help me with the > following questions? Thanx in advance. > > 1. How come It takes so long for the kernel to detect my harddrive in the boot > up process? It takes approximately 15 sec. Is there anything wrong? Do you have your hard disk on IDE channel.....????. If yes, it's normal.... > 3. I really hate the fact that the port collection does tell you how to start > a program after it has been added to your system. Some commonly known ones > like emacs, pine, etc, of course, I have no problem with. But in general how > can I find out what to type in the console to start a program? Is there a > readme file for each program in the ports collection that tells how to start > the program after it has been installed? (Last time I checked I couldn't find > any) Use xman or man to find help on the particular program. Also use 'man -k' so that you can search help on keywords. Also search at FreeBSD site. And still you don't get the answer..... send a mail to this list.... guys here would be happy to answer your problems.... > 4. Last question. I want to have netscape for FreeBSD. Does anyone know > where to get it? Yes..... It's available at Netscape's download site.... ftp://ftp.netscape.com/pub/communicator/4.02/4.02b7/english/unix/freebsd/base_install/ it's communicator 4.2 Beta. I am using it and so far not many problems..... Good luck and let me know if this is waht you were looking for. > Thanx again for reading and answering the questions. I'm looking forward to > hearing your answers. > Prashant Dongre.