Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:41:01 -0600 From: Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade@ub.edu.bz> To: Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD newbye simple question Message-ID: <20041105234101.GT13601@gentoo-npk.bmp.ub> In-Reply-To: <200411051329.07849.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> References: <200411051329.07849.v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 01:29:07PM +0000, Vittorio wrote: > Experienced linux debian user, recently I smoothly moved to linux gentoo > (BSD compliant) AND to FreeBSD 5.2.1. > > 1) I want to tailor my freeBSD slice according to my machine (gentoo > experience is helpful!). Now, while i I know how to compile an > application in /usr/ports I cannot find sources of the "base system" I > had to install when starting the first installation from scratch. > > Where are those sources? The sources for the base system are available on the same media from which you installed. If you don't have anything under /usr/src/ the you didn't install the sources. With a running system you can run the program called 'sysinstall', the same one use to install the intial system and install the sources. You can do this: sysinstall -> Configure -> Distributions -> src > 2) The questions' question: where can I read what are the options I can > use with a certain source package and how can I use them when > make(-ing) the program? Sometimes you can read the Makefile in the port directory for a particular port. > 3) It goes without saying that many freebsd commands are the same as in > linux but I cannot find the freebsd command equivalent to the linux > command 'free' giving info about the size of memory used by the > system's cache, buffers, swap, etc. As far as I know the best way to get this information is from the top(1). You can also get info from systat(1), check out the manpage. Nathan -- PGP Public Key: pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD8527E49 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBjA+NO0ZIEthSfkkRAojGAKCLOb1UOh7AMQfcXTURdU8ltH7yDQCZAd1g b+lELWrl6hknf4YYhnK7BeY= =OzT/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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