Date: Sun, 5 Jan 1997 18:04:45 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@cs.technion.ac.il> To: "Tracy E. Phillips" <tphilips@cedar.netten.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Couple of newbie questions Message-ID: <Pine.SV4.3.91-heb-2.04.970105175930.7362A-100000@cs.technion.ac.il> In-Reply-To: <32CFC16F.3816@cedar.netten.net>
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First, this type of messages belong to the questions list, so I've modified the cc line. On Sun, 5 Jan 1997, Tracy E. Phillips wrote: > I have use Linux for a while so i am quite used to bash. How can i make > bash the system default? You must install it as a package/port, and then use chsh or vipw to change a user's default shell. > > How can i get the console block curser to be a blinking line? Don't know :-(. > > What are ide drives called under FreeBSD? My drives under Linux are: > > primary master = /dev/hda > primary slave = /dev/hdb this is where my *nix OS sits > secondary master = /dev/hdc IDE drives are called wd0-wd3 in FreeBSD. The device names also have indication of the DOS slice and UNIX partition, so, for example, my swap partition is on /dev/wd0s2b (which is the second partition (the 'b') , on the second primary slice (the 's2') or DOS partition on the master disk on the primary controlller). > > Can you alter the location that /stand/sysinstall looks for packages? > Since i do not have FreeBSD on cdrom i therefore have my packages on > another partition. The easiest way to install packages after you have a running system is use pkg_add. Just write (as root) pkg_add /the/place/where/your/package/is. > > When will vfat be intoduced? This is probably not a cherished item to > many, but i think it would be one feature that would attract people who > are dual users of OS's. Can't say. > > Thanks, > > Tracy > Nadav
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