From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 08:07:35 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81ABB37B401 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 08:07:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.home.se (smtp2.home.se [213.214.194.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3816C43F85 for ; Tue, 20 May 2003 08:07:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lasse.lindgren@home.se) Received: from gimli lasse.lindgren@home.se [213.100.111.32] Novell NetWare; Tue, 20 May 2003 16:06:52 -119304547 Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 17:30:16 +0200 From: lasse To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20030520173016.5e3aae7d.lasse.lindgren@home.se> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.11 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-debian-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Handling of ports, and naming convention? X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 15:07:35 -0000 Hello! A fresh installation of 5.0 are now up and running, there are som issues that i wonder about 1. I must be able to login by the serial port, but i cant by default, why? and here can i cange it? 2. Ports, how do i know i i got the latest set of ports? and if there are new ports out, can i upgrade all ports in one step? (apt-get dist-upgrade) (the debian way) 3. Where can i find a good howto about recompile the kernel? (step by step, but not for dummies) 4. Are there any i-left-linux-for-bsd guides? ide,serial,scsi namingconventios ?