Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:18:37 -0500 From: Andrew Gould <AndrewGould@shannonhealth.org> To: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 1st FreeBSD install - misc questions Message-ID: <206499C84775D3119A000000F879310E011276B9@ISTECH4>
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Within 24 minutes of sending my questions, I received 3 responses, and all issues have been addressed. I couldn't even finish lunch first. :-) Thanks. Andrew Gould > ---------- > From: Philip Hallstrom[SMTP:philip@illiad.adhesivemedia.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 11:52 AM > To: Andrew Gould > Subject: Re: 1st FreeBSD install - misc questions > > In article <am.freebsd.questions.965752112.69869@illiad.adhesivemedia.com> > you write: > >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'.) > > Hmmm... I've always just used top, but that's probably not the best... > > > > >2. How can I tell if swap is being used appropriately? (I'm used to > seeing a > >swap entry in /etc/fstab.) > > philip@illiad:~% swapinfo > Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Type > /dev/da0s1b 65536 5576 59832 9% Interleaved > /dev/da1s1b 65536 5460 59948 8% Interleaved > Total 130816 11036 119780 8% > > >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. > > I would dump the tables using mysqldump and then just import them... > > > >4. Will I lose any functionality in FreeBSD if I continue to use bash? > Do I > >need to learn csh (root's default shell)? > > Nope... bash is bash. I would avoid csh. It's buggy (not FreeBSD's > fault, it's just not a good scripting 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? > > You'll probably want to install linux emulation (see > /usr/ports/emulators)... a lot of apps can be installed from the ports > (similar to linux's rpm's, but cooler :). check out > www.freebsd.org/ports > > >Thank you for your help and your patience, > > no problem. > > good luck! > > -philip > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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