Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 15:24:32 +0600 (NOVT) From: "Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@ssc.nsu.ru> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Several questions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.04.9911181523330.11093-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
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Hello All! I've been using Red Hat Linux for quite a long time, but recently decided to try FreeBSD, since (as I understood) it is much more stable, intelligently-written and just different from Linux. I've install it quite easily, however, there are several places which are still not quite clear to me. Please note that I've spent some time searching in previously submitted questions, but wasn't able to find *exact* answers to my questions. I hope I won't be annoying ;-) 1). During installation, when fdisking/labeling my (LBA-mode in BIOS with 638/128/63 CHS) disk (approx view with linux's fdisk): device scyl ecyl size type comments --------------------------------------------------------------------------- /dev/hda1 63 ... 20M 6 (>=32M DOS FAT) /dev/hda2 ... ... 64M 6 (>=32M DOS FAT) /dev/hda3 ... ... ~2G 165 (big FreeBSD slice) /dev/hda4 ... 638 ... 5 (EXTENDED) /dev/hda5 ... ... ~900M 7 (NTFS) /dev/hda8 ... ... 64M 0x82 (linux swap in case I need it) /dev/hda7 ... 638 64M 6 (>=32M FAT) _____ First, strangely enough, fbsd's install-time fdisk didn't show my logical drives (only extended entry). Why not? If I am able to set mount points to my primary DOS/FAT partitions, than why I can't see my, say, /dev/hda7 to mount it somewhere too? Or am I missing anything? How do I use mount_msdos to mount logical disks? ______ Second, when defining /, /usr, /tmp, /home, setting mount points for them, and just before (or after -- can't remember exactly, and I don't want to repeat installation procedure all over again) dialog box about preferred boot manager (3 choises), I get this strange warning box: +--------------------[Warning!]----------------------+ | | | Max one `fat' allowed as child of `whole' | | | +----------------------------------------------------+ What does this suppose to mean?! I have _no_ idea whatsoever, even any sort of lame guess. Just nothing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. _____ Third, it's about distribution itself. When I decided to download FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE to my Linux box, I 'wget -r -b -t 0 -nr 'ed it. Everything was fine, except that 'packages'-linked directory/All contained *huge* amouunt of software. When examined, it seemed to me that it is only binaries + some config stuff, but no sources. But the path was ../../../ports/i386/packages-3.3-release. Is this a port collection or what? If so, why no sources, or I didn't get something again? Moreover, there is ports/distfiles, seemed to be stuffed this another bunch of tarballs. If _this_ is the source port colection, what the purpose of having packages link in FreeBSD "distribution root"? Well, OK, installator seems to be fetching binaries from packages, without compiling them (obviously) -- like when I select GNOME/Enlightement as my preferred window manager, but still, I can't understand how all this fits on single Red Hat distribution CD, and occupies ~1.5 gigs in fBSD's one. Add ports (actuall, sources one), and it won't fit even on 4-CD set. Please, explain to me, what does this all mean? Why so many used space? Why no symlink to ports (sources) directory from "distro root"? What is the purpose of packages (precompiled)? Is it the same as ports? If so, why there are 2 places (ports/distfiles and ports/i386/packages-3.3-release)? And can I tell installator to copy all ports somewhere, not only skeleton directory (and, am I right thinking that skeleton is that ~7Mb archive in ports dir of "distro root"?)? If my questions seems to be obscure (or even lame :-), just explain what you think I need to know about how all this works. Note that English in not my native language, so I beg your pardon for any mistakes and unclear points ;-) ______ Fourth. At some point during installion, installator told me that es told me that it can't fetch file 'local/local.inf'. Well, there is no such file, indeed. Neither on ftp1.ru.FreeBSD.org, nor on ftp.freebsd.org. What is this about? _____ Fifth. It's about mouse. Why only on ttyv0? How to turn off stupid "graphical" cursor? Can I cut and paste, like in Linux? _____ Sixth. How to make standard "blinking _" cursor (messing with rc.confs didn't help)? OK. That's it for now. Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks in advance. But, please, reply direcly to me, and cc to mailinglist if you wish, just in case something goes wrong. Yours, ./danfe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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