Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:39:42 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Andrew Gould <AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: 1st FreeBSD install - misc questions Message-ID: <20000808093942.E4854@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <206499C84775D3119A000000F879310E011276B8@ISTECH4>; from AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org on Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 11:35:19AM -0500 References: <206499C84775D3119A000000F879310E011276B8@ISTECH4>
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* Andrew Gould <AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org> [000808 09:28] wrote: > 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'.) 'top' or 'vmstat' can help. > 2. How can I tell if swap is being used appropriately? (I'm used to seeing a > swap entry in /etc/fstab.) So am I: /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 > 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. FreeBSD can mount EXT2, I would just compile in EXT2 support, mount the linux drive and copy it over to FFS. > 4. Will I lose any functionality in FreeBSD if I continue to use bash? Do I > need to learn csh (root's default shell)? I don't consider bash functional, use zsh. :P > 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? That depends, some opensource apps can be compiled on FreeBSD, your best bet is to check the ports collection first. If you want to run Linux binaries then you may need to install /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base, it's quite large but works pretty well. -- Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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