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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