Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 12:06:24 +0200 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net> Cc: Josh Lynch <theron@tyme.visi.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /stand directory Message-ID: <19970519120624.56598@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970517183200.4669A-100000@aak.anchorage.net>; from Steve Howe on Sat, May 17, 1997 at 06:35:35PM -0800 References: <199705180957.EAA00845@tyme.visi.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970517183200.4669A-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
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On Sat, May 17, 1997 at 06:35:35PM -0800, Steve Howe wrote: > On Sun, 18 May 1997, Josh Lynch wrote: > > > I'm fairly new to BSD based systems (coming from SCO & Linux which I consider > > more SVR4 than *BSD) I have a few general ,simple questions: > > > 1. Why are most binaries in the system mutiples of 512bytes? Is this because > > the filesystem is based on disk blocks (of 512k)? > > yes. No, the gcd (multiple) is 4096 and it's because of the pagesize being 4K. > > > 2. What are all the files in the /stand for/do, they seem awful big and > > are all the same size, which is kind of odd. (to me anyway :-) ) > > they come off boot.flp. And when you look closer you will see that they are hard linked and it's only about the size of a floppy that /stand is consuming. You can use /stand/sysinstall at any time to do some post installation/ configuration. That's what it's also good for. > > > 3. Where could I find out more about the booting process (sysconfig, rc.*, > > init , etc..) I know SVR4 pretty well, but can't seem to get a good > > conceptual grasp on *BSD based booting. /usr/share/doc/handbook might be a good source although it isn't necessarily always in sync with the latest /etc/rc.xxx changes (like /etc/sysconfig being obsolete now) > > man init and man login and follow the "SEE ALSO's". > > > 4. Is the 4.4BSD documentation set (5 books) any good? > > yes. No good for FreeBSD system administration if the originators question was aiming at that. > > > "Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in > > the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us." --Calvin > > hehe! - but i'm not so sure they haven't ... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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