Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:36:13 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Reno Romanin <reno@hardcoretek.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Working my way into the wonderful world of BSD Message-ID: <421EC75D.7060305@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20050225050204.SEGE355.fe6@reno> References: <20050225050204.SEGE355.fe6@reno>
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Reno Romanin wrote:
>Hello list...
>
>I'm _very_ new to FreeBSD, and I have a couple of questions about the lack
>of init scripts...
>
>1) is there any equivalent to init scripts in freebsd?
>
>
>
I think you're talking about rc(8). I think Slackware uses a
similar setup....
# man 8 rc
RC(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual
RC(8)
NAME
rc -- command scripts for auto-reboot and daemon startup
SYNOPSIS
rc
rc.conf
rc.conf.local
rc.d/
rc.firewall
rc.local
rc.shutdown
rc.subr
DESCRIPTION
The rc utility is the command script which controls the automatic boot
process after being called by init(8).
<snip>
>2) If not, can someone point me in the direction of a newbs guide to
>FreeBSD?
>
>
>
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook ;-)
>3) How complete is the linux binary support, and where can I find a list of
>the lib versions that are install for it?
>
>TIA
>
>--reno
>
>
Hmm, `man 4 linux` ?? I'm not too up on Linux, myself. Maybe
also take a tour through:
/usr/compat/linux
/sys/compat/linux
/sys/compat/linprocfs
Maybe what's in /usr/compat/linux/lib?
HTH, && welcome to FBSD!
Kevin Kinsey
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