From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Mar 22 03:58:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA24916 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 03:58:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw1.konstanz.netsurf.de (root@gw1.konstanz.netsurf.de [194.163.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA24867 for ; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 03:58:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de) Received: from duffner.konstanz.netsurf.de (surf86.konstanz.netsurf.de [194.163.242.86]) by gw1.konstanz.netsurf.de (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA16255; Sun, 22 Mar 1998 12:58:19 +0100 Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 15:49:21 +0100 (MEZ) From: Rainer M Duffner Subject: Re: Slackware vs FreeBSD, aswell as my opinion on this list. To: Sue Blake cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980321090711.05316@welearn.com.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII X-Organization: enigma, http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~enigma X-Mailer: ANT RISCOS Marcel [ver 1.42] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri 20 Mar, Sue Blake wrote: > Here's an example. The same day I installed I read up on how to build a new > kernel, using the handbook and FAQ together. I followed the instructions, > and voila! New kernel! No worries! Nervewracking, but it worked well. I waited some weeks.... but it worked first time (OK, some problems with LogiTech-Busmouse and IO-conflict, but it is in the LINT-file and I searched the mailing-lists). I don't think it is _that_ "nervewracking". > Months later I was still trying to figure out how to do simple things > like install ports. Hm. I first thought that the .tar.gz files actually were inside the /ports/whatever directories and forgot to mount the CD. > Does this mean that the kernel rebuilding stuff is very well written for a > newbie? IMHO, yes. At least for me. > I doubt it very much. It was perfectly written for me when I knew > nothing. Has anyone else tried following these instructions? Did it work or > not? It worked, as I said. > Can you follow it all except for one sentence somewhere? I still have problems with ISA-devices (i.e. my SB-card). But that's not important to me, so I can live without it (for now). I hate IRQs, DMA, whatever. cheers, Rainer -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |Rainer Duffner, E-Mail: duffner@fh-konstanz.de | | & Rainer.Duffner@konstanz.netsurf.de | |Fachhochschule Konstanz, Germany | |"What's a Network ?" - Bill Gates, early 1980s | | WWW:http://www-stud.fh-konstanz.de/~duffner | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message