FreeBSD - 3 install questions (NB level)
Hello people! I am trying to install FreeBSD, and I have 3 questions for you:
1 - When I need to specify the amount of space that I need to give for each dir. (like the swap, /, /usr, /var, etc. and it happens just after the option to install the boot), can I just give an amount for the swap and the rest for '/'? (without specifying the amount for /usr, /var, etc.) 2 - I have a dir called "freebsd/disc1" at the 3rd partition of the first HD (/dev/hda3 for Linux). Can I perform a HD install? How? 3- After installing the base, is there any way to install the additional packages without the need of selecting each one of them? Thanks! :) Edit: The 3rd partition of the 1st HD is FAT-32. |
1. You sure can
2. I'm not sure 3. Check out the pkg_add command or the ports system (/usr/ports). |
Re: FreeBSD - 3 install questions (NB level)
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From there, you can pkg_add -r stuff, and it will fetch binary packages, resolving dependancies as it goes. Or, as said, check out the ports system. You change to the directory of a port you're interested in, enter make install clean, sit back, and it fetches sources, patches them for BSD, and builds them, resolving dependancies as it goes. |
Wait! It didn't happen with me...I was able to choose to instal "everything" and it was in FTP installation mode (please, I need to solve the HD installation question heheheh). But after the base and other things were installed, I've got stucked in a "ports collection" where I had to select each package that I would like to install individually. Are them additional packages? The base, the X system and some other stuff was already installed?
Thanks! |
Yes, X was already installed. You just choose what packages you want to install(like gnome2/xmms/mozilla-firefox/programfoo) and it will automatically resolve dependencies and install all of the software.
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