FreeBSD Commands

[Lloyd Hayes]

OK, the book is up to version 4 (Something.) There are lots of new 
features in version 5

I'm going to try re-installing it again. In reading through this, there 
seems to be a sample config file that is copied to my hard drive that I 
can start with and modify. I think that probably I have been deleting it 
when creating new config files.

To delete FreeBSD I simply delete the partition, create the same 
partition as a DOS partition and format it, then delete the DOS 
partition and create the FreeBSD partition. This removes all previous 
information creating a clean slate. Using System Commander program for 
partitioning. It also works with Win XP with it's NTFS file system. I 
had noticed before that by simply deleting the partition and then 
re-creating it without any changes, the FreeBSD files were still there.

Here I go again.....

Lloyd Hayes

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Matt Navarre wrote:

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> Lloyd Hayes wrote:
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>> I agree with everything you've said here. I have considered a UNIX 
>> type book. In fact I have looked at 'The Complete FreeBSD' book, but 
>> I believe that your version is still the current version. 
>
> Doubtful, mine's from 1997 and came with FreeBSD 2.2.5 on CD. I'm 
> pretty sure there's a newer version :)
>
>> One thing. I didn't have any idea that the line commands were much 
>> different from the old CP/M commands. And what is really startling is 
>> the lack of information about this to new people switching systems.
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>
> Well, CP/M and Unix are just different. I can certainly see where it 
> could be disorienting though.
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> Here's a help site that has dos and VMS commands and their unix 
> equivalents.
> http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/
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> I'm sure there's others.
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>> Anyway, I created a partition on my backup computer so that I could 
>> play with FreeBSD and get used to it and see if I really liked it. 
>> From what I had read and seen, FreeBSD had the features that I was 
>> looking for. My worst case scenario is that I can't get a grip on 
>> this and stay with Windows, which I really hate.... 
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>
> Understandable.
>
>> Or I could switch to a version of Linux. Time is my most expensive 
>> commodity. This is an experiment for me, and is the first time that 
>> I've used a non-Microsoft system in 10 years. Most of the systems 
>> that I had used for the 15 years before that were non-Microsoft 
>> systems. Me and William Gates have just never seen eye-to-eye on 
>> software.
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>
> You'd have the same problems with the Linux command line as FreeBSD, 
> since they're basically the same at the user level. And spiffy GUI or 
> no, you really need the command line for most of the admin tasks 
> you'll need to do, since everything is configured with text files. 
> Spend some time playing around and I'll bet you're up and running 
> faster than you think. The unix learning curve is famously steep, but 
> tends to climb in a lot of little "plateaus" as you learn stuff.
>
> It does take time, but I think it's worth the effort.
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>>
>> I just glanced at the Gateway computer. No graphics desktop yet, but 
>> I do have a graphic screen saver....
>>
>> Lloyd Hayes
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