I am new to BSD

[osp at aloha.com]

> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 08:52:50AM -0700, Magel, Reid (DIS) wrote:
> 
> > Here is what I want to use it for.
> > 
> > I have background in the Avaya/Lucent PBX world and I know how reliable
> > Unix is.
> > 
> > I would like to install a "version of unix"  on  a computer and just use
> > it for the following purposes.
> > 
> > 1.	I want to add a couple terabyte drives to it and share them on
> > my network.   I want my kids and wife to be able to backup their files
> > from a Windows XP, Windows7 or Vista machine to these terabyte drives.
> > 2.	I want to be able to load Asterisk on this machine and utilize a
> > couple digitrex boards.
> > 3.	I may attach a printer to this box and share it across my
> > network.
> > 
> > Let me know your thoughts.
> 
> Sounds like a good idea.
> 
> Samba can handle connections from the MS machines.
> I am not familiar with Asterisk, but it is in the ports
> at /usr/ports/net/asterisk

Info about the ports collection is at
<http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html>

Best thing is to agree to install ports collection during OS installation.
This does not install all sourcecode, just the index. The traditional way
to install is cd to the port folder and do make, make install, make clean.

cd /usr/ports/net/asterisk
make
(get a snack)
make install
make clean

I prefer to use portinstall and portupgrade. 

Be sure to use portsnap to freshen up your ports tree and when you add a
new port to an existing system do a portupgrade -a first so what you
already have is up to date.

Be sure to read /usr/ports/UPDATING before you update anything.

Have fun!

Gary Dunn
Open Slate Project