From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 22 20:15:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2114E106566C for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:15:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kalin@el.net) Received: from mail.el.net (mail.el.net [74.1.12.120]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C50048FC13 for ; Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:15:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 37204 invoked by uid 1008); 22 Feb 2010 21:33:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO kalins-macbook-pro.local) (kalin@el.net@74.1.12.115) by mail.el.net with ESMTPA; 22 Feb 2010 21:33:42 -0000 Message-ID: <4B82E5E2.9040408@el.net> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:15:30 -0500 From: kalin m User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ross.cameron@linuxpro.co.za References: <4B82DCC8.10900@el.net> <35f70db11002221207s51356956xe8282db7e157de98@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <35f70db11002221207s51356956xe8282db7e157de98@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: sysinstall on fedora? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:15:32 -0000 thanks.. i'm not going to use it. i have a remote access and just need to mount a usb drive (through a scsi interface?!?!) attached to it so i can copy over some stuff. i was done with redhat when they went "enterprise" and started modifying the core code.... basically i just need some command lines like mkfs and such which i couldn't find. i'll check this part command see what it's doing... thanks again... Ross Cameron wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:36 PM, kalin m wrote: > >> hi all... realizing this is a bit OT but i have to deal with this old >> fedora core 2 machine - making file system, slices, etc... what would be >> the equivalent utility of sysinstall on fedora? >> > > To be honest considering its sooo OLD you're best option is backup and > reinstall. > And preferably not Fedora of all things, its too dev happy.. > > CentOS 5.4 will probably serve you better if you have need to run a > Linux OS on that device. > > > > >