From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 21 14:36:12 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3AA916A4CE for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:36:12 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EE7343D48 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:36:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i5LEa9107410; Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:36:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200406211436.i5LEa9107410@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: lwellis@mindspring.com (LW Ellis) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:36:07 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <001701c4575d$edb47c20$0200a8c0@LLAPTOP> from "LW Ellis" at Jun 21, 2004 01:04:00 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD] Silly Question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 14:36:12 -0000 > > Ok gang don't be to rough. > I am a long time windows user, > and am used to running disk maintenance. > Scandisk, defrag, etc > Do I need to run something similar on FreeBSD? > or not? Not those, but you should set yourself up a nice backup script/routine and dump(8) everything to something that can be removed and stored elsewhere - if what you have on the machine is at all valuable to you. Otherwise, FreeBSD doesn't need those other types of maintenance. I suppose you could set up an automated upgrade that runs and downloads the latest on everything and builds it. Some people even do that daily. But, you don't really need to do it that much unless you are doing development work. You could also learn some about security and run various checks on the system and the net in low use times. But, that just tends to make the person who does that more paranoid and obsessive. So, to avoid shrink expenses, probably you should go easy on that too. So, I guess, just do backups and enjoy your weekends. ////jerry > I let my machine run 24/7 and have received the weekend reports > (which I found fascinating.) > If I need to run such apps, which one in the > ports do I chose? > > Thanx all > > Later, > Leon > A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. > Sir Winston Churchill > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >