From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 20 09:38:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA05500 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:38:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp.enteract.com (thor.enteract.com [207.229.143.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA05491 for ; Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:38:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrs@enteract.com) Received: (qmail 5430 invoked from network); 20 Oct 1998 16:37:52 -0000 Received: from adam.enteract.com (jrs@206.54.252.1) by thor.enteract.com with SMTP; 20 Oct 1998 16:37:52 -0000 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:37:51 -0500 (CDT) From: John Sconiers To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports script; psm0; awe; UFS; codebase(I think I know about the makedv) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have installed 2.2.6 on multiple machines without incident. However now > I've ran into a little probelm and also would like to get some tips to > make the job a little faster. > > 1. On Desktops as well as Servers there is a standard set of ports we > use. I've been going through sysinstall and showing the entire list. > From there i would go run down the line checking off stuff. Is there > a way I could specify a pre-set "package" of ports for installation? > I could probably take the standard list of ports find out where they > are and then write a script that would do this: > > cd /usr/ports/location/port > make all install > > 2. How do I keep my own mirror of FreeBSD-*. We have old computers that > we could use to do a netwrok install (like a codebase) instead of a > cd-rom or internet. This machines only purpose in life would be to > mirror the content of ftp.freebsd.org:/pub/freebsd. > > 3. I have the most recent computer and am having problems with the ps2 > mouse. I went out and bought another and still no luck. What I have > noticed is that when it boots up and does a probe it finds the psm0 > device but its set at a different range ( like 0x???) than what the > kernel is set to. Should I chnage the kernel to reflect what it has > found. > > 4. Also unlike everyone else here my sound blaster awe 32 card is not > PNP. I installed the divce in the krenel and /kernel.config file as if > was the awe pnp....the only message i get is no pnp devices > found...which is true...I can't get sound. During the > probe I get the ISA found IRQ ..message (its the only isa card I have) > should I have something different....also when I try to to do a > ./MAKEDEV within /dev I get an error about no such > device(joy0,snd0 etc) was it that I was doing: ./MAKEDEV snd0 instead of: sh ./MAKEDEV snd0 > > 5. If anyone has any tips about how to slice up large( 12gigs or more) > hard drives I would like to hear them. > > JOHN > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message