From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 8 9:28: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from cambridge1-smrly2.gtei.net (cambridge1-smrly2.gtei.net [199.94.215.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B376837B5CE for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:28:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org) Received: from istech4.shannonhealth.org (istech4.shannonhealth.org [4.18.79.4]) by cambridge1-smrly2.gtei.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id F09821E4DB for ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 16:27:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: by ISTECH4 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:35:23 -0500 Message-ID: <206499C84775D3119A000000F879310E011276B8@ISTECH4> From: Andrew Gould To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: 1st FreeBSD install - misc questions Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:35:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am trying to make the conversion from Linux to FreeBSD; and I have a few questions: 1. How do you check for free memory in FreeBSD? (I'm looking for the equivalent of Linux's 'free'.) 2. How can I tell if swap is being used appropriately? (I'm used to seeing a swap entry in /etc/fstab.) 3. What's the best way to move MySQL tables from an ext2 slice to an FreeBSD (ffs or ufs?) slice? The slices are on different hard drives; but in the same system. 4. Will I lose any functionality in FreeBSD if I continue to use bash? Do I need to learn csh (root's default shell)? 5. I've noticed that many FreeBSD users use applications that are written for Linux. What is the appropriate way to install a Linux application? Do I need to compile from source? Thank you for your help and your patience, Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message