Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 01:39:17 +0800 From: "Boon Hoo" <theebh@magix.com.sg> To: <schwenk@math.udel.edu>, "Boon Hoo" <theebh@magix.com.sg> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Problem installing ports Message-ID: <NDBBLMPJALMFFDHGILALKEHACAAA.theebh@magix.com.sg> In-Reply-To: <38B55D18.2DED2797@math.udel.edu>
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Hi, thanks for your informative reply. > -----Original Message----- > From: schwenk@math.udel.edu [mailto:schwenk@math.udel.edu] > > The ISO image has none or few of the 'distfiles' needed to build the > ports. You pretty much need Internet access to build ports for 4.0, > which isn't considered the beginner's version. You should either buy a > set of CDs from Walnut Creek CDROM (recommended!) or download the > 3.4-Release ISO and get Internet access. > I checked the cd-rom that i burned from the ISO image, and the "ports" directory contains a package.tgz file. Perhaps i should unzip it? Btw, what is the difference between the files in the 'ports/distfiles' directory and the 'ports/i386/packages' directory (as seen on ftp.freebsd.org)? > FreeBSD (and the other BSD UNIX(TM)es) use simpler startup scripts, > mostly in the /etc directory. See /etc/rc and /etc/rc.* scripts. > There's also /etc/defaults/rc.conf (default startup parameters) and > /etc/rc.conf (local custom startup parameters) config files that the > startup scripts use to guide startup behaviour. > It seems Linux's way of organising startup files is easier(but then again, i haven't really use freebsd much yet). For e.g., i notice that by default freebsd starts the sendmail daemon after installation. Where should i look for to disable sendmail from starting? In linux, it's just changing a 'S' to 'K'... P.S: Coming from linux background, it sure takes some time for me to adapt to a new OS. Something like "migrating from linux" faq (as seen on OpenBSD site) would be excellent:) Thanks in advance, Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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