From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 2 18:42:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 198E637B9BF for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 18:42:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 209-122-225-206.s206.tnt1.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.225.206] helo=leegold1) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 12y2xX-000630-00 for freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:42:44 -0400 Message-ID: <000401bfccfd$23262d80$cee17ad1@leegold1> From: "leegold" To: References: <000901bfccec$447d3e30$79e17ad1@leegold1> <032301bfccef$6555e000$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> Subject: post install questions Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 21:43:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 1. next ques. is again connectivity. the other box in my little ethernet is a winnt4.0 workstation box. what's the simplest way to get the FreeBSD server and the nt client - mapping drives, dragging and dropping files ect via ethernet. Is Samba the ticket? 2. when i installed ( sysinstall ), i said the box was not a leaf node, but actually it is - i have no gateways right now, i have just two pcs - local nodes. Is this leaf node setting any big deal? What exactly - what services are affected w/this setting. 3. the packages/ports, there are so many of them, is there any descriptive reference, that can give me info on what they are, maybe recommendations? 4. Durring the install i got an error message or two: Adding of package XFree86-aoutlibs-3.3.3 aborted , error code 1. Loading of dependent package XFree86 aoutlibs-3.3.3 failed Any thing i should loose beauty-sleep over? Thanks > > this is a newbie questions of vast proportions: i managed to get FBSD > > installed. > > Well thats a significant leap forward :) > > > > Let me start off by asking about the network setup via the sysinstall > > program. FSBD recognized my nic card, For "host name" i put in > ham_on_rye. > > but i was at a loss to know what to put in for "domain name". > > Obviously the person who wrote that assumed that anyone installing via > network would > have a domain name of some sort, however without having done an install that > way I > guess it wouldn't matter as long as the two machines could see each other on > the network. > It sounds like its worked anyway so I'll try that myself someday. I would > have thought the FQDN > was only relevant with an FTP install ..... like from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org, > although it is possible > to have a domain without being online. > > > > BUT WHAT IT IS IS TWO PC'S HOOKED TOGETHER VIA ETHERNET - NOTHING ELSE. > WHAT > > DOES THAT MEAN RE; A FULLY QUALIFIED DOMAIN NAME? [ sorry for yelling. ] > > > > there's more to this but let's defer additional complications right now. > > BTW, i did enter some ip addresses into the two boxes and i can ping and > > telnet between them just fine. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message