From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 9 02:18:45 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA28954 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 02:18:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from server.super.net.pk (server.super.net.pk [203.130.2.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA28944 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 02:18:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from arshad@super.net.pk) Received: from arshad ([203.130.5.179]) by server.super.net.pk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA02832 for ; Sun, 9 Nov 1997 15:12:07 +0500 (GMT+0500) Message-ID: <12D28848.6386@super.net.pk> Date: Fri, 04 Jan 1980 03:42:16 +0500 From: Arshad Saeed X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BACKUP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear Fellows: I need to know some important points. 1) I have intalled the FreeBSD for the first ever time through ftp.freebsd.org . what I need to know is that If God forbids my operating system corrupts then what type of backup I should have right now there is nothing.Do give me suggestions. 2) Now If I want to change my IP then do i use sysinstall utility or there is something other like in DEC OSF / netsetup. etc. 3) I have downloaded FreeBSD (average user binary and docs) and its quite fine till now. I m using it as our proxy server (squid) mind u you we are ISPs and what kind of tunning u suggest regarding FreeBSD and squid.I have pentium 166Mhz 128Mb Ram. Thanx to Doug white whose suggestions helped me alot. regards. Arshad Saeed.