From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 25 18:51:17 2005 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 C857F16A4CE for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:51:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F23BA43D5D for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 18:51:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 4.44 #0 (FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE)) id 1DQ8fk-0009hB-Iy by authid ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:51:08 +0300 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 21:51:08 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: Hexren Message-ID: <20050425185108.GB32743@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , Hexren , FBSD-Q References: <20050425173134.GA62603@ns2.wananchi.com> <6813284732.20050425204600@hexren.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6813284732.20050425204600@hexren.net> X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.9i (2005-03-13) X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i cc: FBSD-Q Subject: Re: UPDATING on AMD Processor 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, 25 Apr 2005 18:51:17 -0000 * Hexren [20050425 21:48]: wrote: > > PS: I asked this Q stupidly before... No wonder I did not > > get any responses ;) > > > > When it comes to the Intel platform, I can always find my way around, > > but in this one case of AMD, I am purely clueless. I don't even know > > what keyword to search for in the handbook, FAQ, google. > > > Attached you will find the dmesg output of an oldish box on which I > > just installed FreeBSD 5.x, and I would like to: > > > make buildworld > > make kernel > > make installworld > > > I want to use this box as a firewall on my network. Can someone > > please point me to the relevant documentation that will guide me > > in the above process. > > > --------------------------------------------- > > In General > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi > > More special > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html > > > Incase you do not have any problems not mentioned in your email. Some > people might feel it appropiate to tell you rtfm now... I did mention I am clueless on this so I don't feel bad being told anything. When I cannot even install a port on this box, I wouldn't mind shit being thrown at me ;-) cd /some/port && make install - everything fails!! -Wash http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html -- +======================================================================+ |\ _,,,---,,_ | Odhiambo Washington Zzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ | Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-'| Tel: +254 20 313985-9 +254 20 313922 '---''(_/--' `-'\_) | GSM: +254 722 743223 +254 733 744121 +======================================================================+ "The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood." -- Alexander Haig