Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:49:17 +0200 (CEST) From: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl> To: Justin Muir <jkuir@uniserve.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: lean mean kernel with sound!! + dumb questions Message-ID: <XFMail.971015160141.potok@friko.onet.pl> In-Reply-To: <34446AE5.CB7845DB@uniserve.com>
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On 15-Oct-97 Justin Muir wrote:
>Hello. I'm a recent ex-DOS junkie who recently installed FreeBSD. This
>an overwhelming OS to use after years of DOS, but I do understand the
>concept of making a leaner kernel w/o all the unused drivers but I'm
>uncertain as to how to accomplish this. Btw - I would also like to
>install drivers for my SB16. Any tips or encouragement? One other
>thing, how can I see where I am amidst all the directories and files? Or
>does that not matter now that I've got a real OS?
Look into the handbook. It's described pretty fine.
>ps- how do I distinguish between types files etc since I can't seem to
>find extensions?
try ll
If you see something like -rwxr-xr-x you know that you can launch this
file as: owner (first x), member of group (second x) anyone(last x).
Mariusz
"verba volant,
scripta manent"
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