Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 12:04:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: "Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF-D]" <onguyen@pica.army.mil> Cc: 'leegold' <goldtech@worldpost.com>, Thomas Good <tomg@mailhost.nrnet.org>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Users in NYC? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005221204250.536-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <53EB67411602D211846900A0C9C7647A0784E972@mail3.pica.army.mil>
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I'm in Jersey also, Northeastern Jersey to be exact. On Mon, 22 May 2000, Nguyen, Olivier T [AMSTA-AR-CCF-D] wrote: > hi everyone > i am a newbie to freebsd or *nix os. If anyone here create a list for > Newbie please let me in to. i need hook up and learn from you all out there > I am in New Jersey. 45 mins from NYC > > Olivier > > -----Original Message----- > From: leegold [mailto:goldtech@worldpost.com] > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 10:20 AM > To: Thomas Good > Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Users in NYC? > > > >snip.... > >Where are you folks located? > > I'm in Brooklyn, Actually pretty near the Verrazano N. Bridge. > Grew up in Queens. > > > ...snip > > I think a Free Unix User Group is preferable to FBSD only. I love linux > > and the guys on the other lists typically bash us linuxers. It's rather > > petty. Anyway, no boundaries, right? > > Right. As a matter of fact I'm seeing references to the fact that some linux > software can run on fbsd w/just a little "prodding". One thing I'd like to > talk about is the internet browser situation for fbsd. Is Netscape the only > choice? I would tend to want to invsestigate a stable ver. of navigator and > use pine for mail - something like that(?). then there's always Opera. I've > played w/it alot on w9x/nt w/mixed results. > > > > slices, (vs partitions, waht's the difference - i'd really like to know_ > > >snip......... > > My walnut creek cd's should be coming this week. I'm hearing alot about that > dos partion you cite below. So you just make a small partiton at the "start" > of the disk (dos needs to be 1st i assume), and load Ms-dos, or only would > one fdisk/format it to fat16 and use the "sys" cmd to get he dos system > files on there. I'd also need a boot manager of some kind too w/multiple > OS's. Yeah this good -just what I need below - thanks btw,You didn't mention > the swap - what's the "lowdown" on /swap? > > my experience with FBSD and AT&T Unix (which is where BSD got the slice > > terminology) a partition is a section of the hard disk wherein an > Operating > > System resides. That section is further subdivived into 'slices' wherein > > major components of the filesystem (directory tree structure) reside. > > That is: On box1 I have a dos maintenance partition (where I keep a dos > > command interpreter [command.com] and a boot loader). Next up I have > > a big partition where I keep FBSD. These are two partitions. Within the > > FBSD partition I have some slices of differing sizes. I follow std unix. > > So I have a 'root' partition of 50 M. This holds the kernel and > sysinstall > > (both in /stand) and some other goodies. But it is small. Then I have > > a slice of 20 M that is my 'mount point' for the /var directory, so named > > as its contents are 'variable'. I dislike strongly FBSD's sizing scheme > > that makes this slice so tiny because I move large database files around > > using UUCP (unix to unix copy) and /var fills up too easily... > > Anyway, my third slice on the FBSD partition is /usr. This is a huge > slice. > > Why? All of the code used by ordinary users goes here, as do the home > directories. > > /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, and /usr/home can become gigantic. So, this > > slice is set to 1G on the machine I'm describing. > > I did not choose this sizing scheme, I let FBSD do it. If I were to do it > > again I would shrink /usr a bit in favour of /var to give myself less > > headaches (I'm a DBA and need the space for my code and data). > > > > All the tutorials assume unix sysadmin knowledge - that's a stone cold > fact. > > Sorry, my statement there is a little strong. There is some good intro > documentation on freebsd and unix in general out there -i'm getting alot of > links together on this. > > > > > Anyway i'm totally for the FBSD newbie > > > > group, just let me know when! > > > > yes, let's try to get this going...BTW, feel free to send me questions > > and I will try to help. I'd suggest you do it offline tho so we don't > > get scolded for using a list designed for non-technical discussion to > > do tech talk. > > Great. Thanks. > Lee > > > > > 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 > -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Omachonu Ogali oogali@intranova.net | | Intranova Networking Group http://tribune.intranova.net | | PGP Key ID: 0xBFE60839 | | PGP Fingerprint: C8 51 14 FD 2A 87 53 D1 E3 AA 12 12 01 93 BD 34 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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