Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 09:02:17 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas Good <tomg@nrnet.org> To: "freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: trifecta of beginner questions Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981202085318.428C-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981202084542.428B-100000@mailhost.nrnet.org>
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Hi all,
Just got BSD up and going...now trying to bring over some utils I
am used to, and to colourize my environment. Pardon the rookie
questions - have tried a bit of RTFM but...
I am currently stuck in the following areas:
1) What is the equivalent of the UnixWare setcolour/Linux setterm
command to set fg/bg console screen colours?
2) I do not have mtools installed yet...how may I get the tarball
off of a floppy and onto my system? Can FreeBSD read a system V fs?
Should I stick with a dos formatted floppy (how can I mount it?).
3) What is the syntax for mounting a dos partition? I've tried
mount_msdos but am generating only stderr...
A bonus question: I need to get my UUCP conf files happy with an
internal modem (com4 so it would be /dev/cuaa3...) Of course I get
the `device not configured' complaint from cu...anyone able to point
me to a relevant HOWTO or URL?
Many thanks...
Cheers,
Tom
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