From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 1 8:25:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.messagelabs.com (mail.london-2.starlabs.net [212.125.75.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3922037B405 for ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:25:47 -0800 (PST) X-VirusChecked: Checked Received: (qmail 7490 invoked from network); 1 Feb 2002 16:18:42 -0000 Received: from smtp.morse.com (HELO mailgw1.morse.com) (195.152.231.118) by server-15.tower-1.messagelabs.com with SMTP; 1 Feb 2002 16:18:42 -0000 Received: by mailgw1.morse.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:27:41 -0000 Message-ID: <0F59E973A6C7D511886F00508BFC92971618B0@DBYEXCH1> From: Les Lytollis To: "Freebsd-Newbies (E-mail)" Subject: RE: first post Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 16:24:58 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > I'm trying to search the mailing list archives before I go > posting to the > > questions list. > > Can anyone tell me why a search for (e.g) Maxtor returns a > resultset no > > problem - but a search for something like an error string > ("ad0: READ > > command timeout")or "MAKE DEPEND" returns nothing? > Everyone.... please, please, please ask questions in > -questions. OK, sorry I assumed because this was a non-technical v. newbie question it was appropriate here. Newbie thoughts then, by way of apology: I started using freeBSD partly because it was used as our web server at an old workplace and was rock solid at its job. Secondly (and thirdly), because I have such limited hardware to put it on (Cyrix PR200, AT mobo, 1.4GB HDD, no CD-ROM) and I only wanted to setup a firewall/gateway and leave it running quietly in a corner, while learning a little more *nix during the process. The initial install was a breeze - download the floppies via my windows box - plug my cable modem into the proposed external NIC on the gateway and boot up. I followed one of the numerous guides out there and installed a basic setup with kernel source from ftp via my CM - pretty cool! Now, though - I'm trying to build a custom Kernel in order to strip the whole thing down and turn it into a firewall, as soon as I ran into an error I've found it very difficult to resolve. Nothing appropriate in the Handbook, nothing (so far) in the archives and never *quite* the same problem on any web/usenet searches. Maybe I've just been unlucky - but I'm surprised that running into an error so early on isn't a well documented newbie pitfall. I'll stick with it though, just because I'm a stubborn s@d ;) Cheers Lez To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message