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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!wupost!usc!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!hrd769.brooks.af.mil!not-for-mail From: burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (Dave Burgess) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Install+patch: THANKS, comments, questions... Date: 4 Apr 1993 14:45:20 -0500 Organization: Armstrong Lab MIS, Brooks AFB TX Lines: 36 Message-ID: <1pndsgINNspo@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> References: <9309418.24038@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> NNTP-Posting-Host: hrd769.brooks.af.mil In article <9309418.24038@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> summer@ee.mu.OZ.AU (Mark Summerfield) writes: [stuff deleted] >5) A quick tip for anybody planning on doing a custom installation as > described in the FAQ: as a first-timer with disk partitioning and > stuff, I found it really instructive to run a standard install, > boot the fixit floppy, and examine my hard disk with disklabel, > then take it from there. Also, I think a really big print entry > about which partitions are used for swap, whole disk, and whole > disk used by 386bsd is an absolute MUST for the new FAQ! :-) Mark, Glad you had a successful install. Section 2 of the FAQ deals with just this (and other) problems. In addition to Chris' excellent procedures for building the 'real partitioning' section of the FAQ is a short explanation of the different partitions (both DOS and BSD) and then a description of what each of the BSD partitions is used for. I am still working on Section 2 and don't expect it to be finished before next weekend. I am really swamped at work, and have been spending my BSD time (lunch hour and evenings) working on a particularly important project. On the matter of your clock, you wouldn't happen to be six timezones away from Berkeley, California, would you? Check out the configuration file for rebuilding the kernel. You will find that it was built for Pacific Standard Time. A change to the timezone entry in the kernel will fix it up cleanly. > >Again, thanks -- I'm really happy with my system so far. I hope I've >been constructive here: that is certainly my intention! > >Mark. -- ------ TSgt Dave Burgess NCOIC AL/Management Information Systems Office Brooks AFB, TX