From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 31 20:10:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA27583 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:10:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA27578 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:10:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id UAA19915; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:10:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 20:10:19 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Arshad Saeed cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Need Information. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Arshad Saeed wrote: > > I m very new to FreeBSD , at the moment I m installing it from ftp server i.e > ftp.freebsd.org. > It is upto 20%. > > Now guys help me in configuring this operating system.My task is to configure > the operating system and then to install squid(proxy) > I have done this task on DEC OSF/1.Now this new operating system is > assigned to me. > Do anybody give me some suggestions + what type of reputation of this > operating system + everything u know. Suggestion 1: Buy `The Complete FreeBSD' from Walnut Creek CDROM (www.cdrom.com). Suggestion 2: explore and learn the opportunities available at http://www.freebsd.org. Now for the task at hand: Squid is available through the ports tree, a handy collection of patch files to build applications under FreeBSD. To use it: 1. Fetch the port directory off of ftp.freebsd.org or the CDROM. on the ftp site you can do `get directory.tar' and you can grab the whole dir in one go. 2. Drop into the port directory and type `make'. It iwll automatically grab the source distribution, patch, and compile. Then run `make install' as root to finish the installation. 3. Configure as appropriate for your site. Pretty easy, eh? Hope this helps. I'm avoiding the judgemental questions since, well, this *is* the FreeBSD support list :-) Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major