From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Mar 12 13: 1:19 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.accnorwalk.com (mail.accnorwalk.com [207.87.221.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6BD7152F7 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:00:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gary@edisoninfo.com) Received: from EdisonInfo.com ([209.45.243.90]) by mail.accnorwalk.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO205-101c) ID# 564-57475U4500L450S0V35) with ESMTP id AAA176 for ; Fri, 12 Mar 1999 16:09:09 -0500 Message-ID: <36E98020.86E1B37F@EdisonInfo.com> Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 15:59:12 -0500 From: "Gary S. Mackay" Reply-To: Gary@EdisonInfo.com Organization: Edison Information Technologies X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Ports? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org OK, I've been working with RedHat for over a year and have become fairly decent with Linux. Now, my next challange is to conquer FreeBSD. (I'm reviewing each so as to better consult my clients) anyway, I created the boot disk, installed FreeBsd 2.2.8 and it is attached to the network just fine. I can telnet, ftp, etc. Now, my main objective is to create a web server. I selected the apache.xxx port and watched it install something, but it doesn't seem to be running. I don't see anything that looks like it in "ps aux" nor can I browse to it from my WinXX boxes. I found the /usr/ports/www/... series of directories, but everytime I launch the make command, it tries to go to the web and download stuff. Don't I have what I need on the CD? (I purchased it from LinuxMall for $1.89, big spender!) My question: What the heck are ports and where can I find documentation so that I can RTFM? Just get me started, please :) -- Edison Information Technologies P.O. Box 554 Milan, OH 44846-0554 419.499.7040 Gary@EdisonInfo.com -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message