Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 06:49:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Barry Masterson <jbarrm@panix.com> To: Hans Glitsch <hans@flash.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD, Please help. Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960513063023.9461A-100000@panix.com> In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19960513063700.00674fa8@flash.net>
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On Mon, 13 May 1996, Hans Glitsch wrote: > Hello, > > I have completed the instalation of FreeBSD on my system and it seems to > work OK, but I discovered that I need to rebuild my kernel because I am > using a PS/2 mouse :-(. Which means that I need to get the package that > contains the kernel sources. Am I right? or am I going in the wrong direction? > Yes, if you don't already have them you can get them at: wcarchive.cdrom.com:/.16/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE/src > I also need to redo the dos partition that I made with fips.exe because it's > too small for the BSD package that I need. How do I delete a partition made > with fips.exe? > Well, if FreeBSD is already running, then you might be better off using one of the comm programs available for FreeBSD; kermit, tip,... and downloading directly to the FreeBSD partition/slice. No need to resize anything. The dos partition has done its job. Use FreeBSD now as your main O/S and keep the dos as a communications lifeboat. > Also, how do I transfer files back and forth between the dos and FreeBSD > file system? > As root: # mount -t msdos /dev/wdos1 /dos (do your stuff; eg; #mv kermit.gz /usr/local) # umount /dev/wd0s1 'wd0s1' is for IDE drives. I'm not sure what the SCSI label is. > Thank you very much! Your welcome > Hans > ------------------------------------ > hans@flash.net > ------------------------------------ > Barry Masterson jbarrm@panix.com >--->--->--->--->---> FreeBSD 2.1.0-R <---<---<---<---<---<
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