Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 18:25:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net> To: suleyman@echonyc.com (Ken Seggerman) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: naming my machine & deleting the old FreeBSD partition Message-ID: <199805152225.SAA07876@nwalme.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980514211236.16754A-100000@echonyc.com> from Ken Seggerman at "May 14, 98 09:40:33 pm"
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I don't really understand what you're asking. If want to change the hostname, you could edit /etc/rc.conf, or use the hostname command. You should use /etc/rc.conf. If just gives that vaule to hostname when you boot. BTW, people may not agree with me, but I think there is absolutely no need for /stand/*. That is the _last_ place you should look. > I put in the new hard drive. Thank you all for your help. > > I intalled Windows NT and FreeBSD 2.2.5 on the new drive, and still have > 2.2.2 and Windows95 on the first hard drive. > > I have two questions: > > Where do I name my machine? I may have had a chance to do so in the > sysinstall. Is there some way I can do it from the command-line? > I tried running the make-hostname script in /etc/namedb but I didn't have > permission to do so. I figured that if root can't do it, it's meant to be > done some other way. > > Once I have 2.2.5 configured well enough, I won't need the .5 gb of hard > drive space that 2.2.2 is now occupying. I would like to give the space > back to Windows95. > > I could delete the partition with fdisk, either from DOS or > /stand/sysinstall (couldn't I?). > > Is there any way I could give the space back to my C: drive without > backing up the C: drive, deleting the C: drive's partition, re-creating it > at the new size and re-installing everything?. > > This is the reverse of the situation described by Antoine BEAUPRE > yesterday. > > I am hoping that the soluction might be simpler than it would be going the > other way. > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Dima Dorfman (dima@zwb.net) "640k ought to be enough for anybody." - Bill Gates, 1981 Micro$oft Sucks! FreeBSD Rules! http://www.freebsd.org/ Finger dima@zwb.net for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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