From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 15 20:22:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA06664 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 15 Sep 1996 20:22:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.181]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA06652 for ; Sun, 15 Sep 1996 20:21:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from emu.fsl.noaa.gov (kelly@emu.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.60.32]) by gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA18632; Mon, 16 Sep 1996 03:21:03 GMT Message-Id: <199609160321.DAA18632@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.4/16.2) id AA173284084; Sun, 15 Sep 1996 21:21:24 -0600 Date: Sun, 15 Sep 1996 21:21:24 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: Skynet1@Cris.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19950916021440.0066bd64@pop3.concentric.net> (message from David Meyer on Fri, 15 Sep 1995 22:14:40 -0400) Subject: Re: Com ports, ethernet, and all those hardware goodies Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> David Meyer writes: > 1) In FreeBSD 2.1.5, the /dev/ directory doesn't seem to have all > the devices I need. It doesn't have any of the SIOx (com ports) and > I can't find my Ethernet Card. I know that when it boots up it > mentions the Ethernet Card but I can't seem to find it. Type, as root, cd /dev ./MAKEDEV ttyd2 ttyd3 cuaa2 cuaa3 to get the serial ports. The ethernet card doesn't have an entry in /dev. Use the /usr/sbin/ifconfig command instead to configure it. Type, ifconfig -a to list all Ethernet devices available. Type man ifconfig for more information. > 2) Can I use all of my four com ports?? Is that supported? Yes. The GENERIC kernel has ports 2 and 3 (in DOS parlance, COM3 and COM4) disabled by default. You can either enable them at bootup time by booting with -c at the boot: prompt and then enabling them using the userconfig program that comes up, or by configuring a customized kernel that has those ports enabled. > 3) How do I setup my printers on both my LPT ports?? The FreeBSD handbook has complete instructions. See the file /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii or use your favorite web browser on this URL: file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html and look for the section titled `Printing.' > 4) How do I get FreeBSD unix to shutdown correctly? Use the shutdown command. shutdown -h +5 To shutdown the system, bye everyone will halt the system in five minutes, broadcasting the message "To shutdown the system, bye everyone" to everyone logged in. Also, type man shutdown halt reboot for more information. > 5) I downloaded Apache-1.1.1.tgz from a non unix computer and > brought the file over to the UNIX computer. I did the TAR -XZF > apache-1.1.1.tgz and it uncompressed it now how do I set it up?? If you downloaded the original source distribution of Apache, you should have a subdirectory named apache-1.1.1 (or similar) with files README or INSTALL or the like. Read them for instructions. If you downloaded the FreeBSD package of Apache (for example, from ftp.freebsd.org under the directory /pub/FreeBSD), instead don't use tar to extract the contents. Instead, type pkg_add apache-1.1.1.tgz > 6) With a DOS Emulator for Unix will I be able to play video games > like Duke3d or Doom? If I can and I want to do a network game will > that work?? Currently, no DOS emulator for FreeBSD is complete enough for Duke3D or Doom. However, the Linux version of Doom for X Windows will work with FreeBSD 2.1.5's Linux emulator. Although I'm not sure what your level of expertise is, I still recommend the book ``Unix System Administration'' by Evi Nemeth and others, available at better bookstores. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/