From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Dec 2 07:46:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05293 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:46:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp.enteract.com (thor.enteract.com [207.229.143.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA05286 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:46:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jrs@enteract.com) Received: (qmail 23522 invoked from network); 2 Dec 1998 15:46:26 -0000 Received: from adam.enteract.com (jrs@206.54.252.1) by thor.enteract.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 1998 15:46:26 -0000 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:46:26 -0600 (CST) From: John Sconiers To: Thomas Good cc: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: Re: trifecta of beginner questions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Just got BSD up and going...now trying to bring over some utils I > am used to, and to colourize my environment. Pardon the rookie > questions - have tried a bit of RTFM but... > I am currently stuck in the following areas: > 1) What is the equivalent of the UnixWare setcolour/Linux setterm > command to set fg/bg console screen colours? good question...I have and idea but defer to someone else.... > 2) I do not have mtools installed yet...how may I get the tarball > off of a floppy and onto my system? Can FreeBSD read a system V fs? > Should I stick with a dos formatted floppy (how can I mount it?). depending on your installation it may be there...did you install off of a cd-rom...over the net...did you download all the ports to your computer.. If you used a cd-rom it's probaly on the cd-rom if you downloaded over the net....well the easiest way to do it woulld be to go into /usr/ports and run do a make install.. http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook26.html > 3) What is the syntax for mounting a dos partition? I've tried > mount_msdos but am generating only stderr... http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ120.html > A bonus question: I need to get my UUCP conf files happy with an > internal modem (com4 so it would be /dev/cuaa3...) Of course I get > the `device not configured' complaint from cu...anyone able to point > me to a relevant HOWTO or URL? http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook262.html > Many thanks... > Cheers, > Tom JOHN To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message