FreeBSD- what to install....

BOD

i wanna install freeBSD in VPC but i wann know what to install to make a test server... http ftp ssh pop etc..... im using freeBSD 5.2.1

JackTheStripper

that's about it...

Apache, FTP, SSH, Sendmail...

BOD

im talking about what boxes to tick in the instlller

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Mr.Macintosh

Go to http://www.insipid.2ya.com.
Under guides InSipiD have guides for like everything you will need in FreeBSD.

//Mr.Mac

BOD

ive tried that site before and it dont work

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BOD

ok i got a few questions....

• what type of bootsector to install?
• what distributions do i need to install? (list below)

Distributions

• developer
• X-Developer
• Kern developer
• X-kern-developer
• User
• X-user
• minimal

EDIT: or custom which im looking at now...

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BOD

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Slash

Tomchu wrote:

If you want to run multiple OSes, install the boot manager. If you're going to run just FreeBSD, install the simple boot sector.

And yeah, show me the list of Custom options.

XOSL has an awesome support of freebsd and all unixes.

eugrus

Slash wrote:

Tomchu wrote:

If you want to run multiple OSes, install the boot manager. If you're going to run just FreeBSD, install the simple boot sector.

And yeah, show me the list of Custom options.

XOSL has an awesome support of freebsd and all unixes.

what means all unixes?
it can run BSD kernel or just to use the boot sector of an other loader?


P.S. I preffer GRUB

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Q

I don't think he's suggesting that you use it on your machine, only supporting it instead of "the boot manager".

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BOD

ok i installed it using waht tom said + samba....

er..... what now? :?

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BOD

ive bin playing around with this for a few days now and to be honest i dont like it..... looks like my servers gonna stay linux, althought im thinking of giving slack a try tho

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smg

What are you gonna use it to?

JackTheStripper

What's not to like?

Linux is just easier than UNIX based OS's. If you read the handbook and get used to it, it's not that hard.

smg

Linux is UNIX based...

Q

I thought it was a clone of it...

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JackTheStripper

Yes it is. It's only a some-what clone of UNIX.

BOD

in toms words its a "hackjob"

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Q

As far as versioning it's also about 1/2 as far as BSD (I'm going based on linux 2.6 = 2.3 thanx to that weird versioning system, and FreeBSD 5.2.1), so it hasn't had the same time as BSD. However it IS getting better (according to you) so maybe someday it'll satisfy your requirements.

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BOD

its fin for what i use it for, i dont really wanna start compiling stuff just to use it

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Q

Wikipedia wrote:

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) is the name of the UNIX derivative distributed in the 1970s

Wikipedia wrote:

Apr 1991 Linus Torvalds, then 21, starts working on some simple ideas for an operating-system. He starts with a task-switcher in 386-assembly and a terminal-driver.

There, same idea, different means of comparison. There's about a 20 year difference there.

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