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#! rnews 1872 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!willis.cis.uab.edu!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!chilton!chris From: chris@vindaloo.com (Christopher Sean Hilton) Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs Linux vs .... Organization: Vindaloo communications Message-ID: <1995Aug29.021750.17194@vindaloo.com> References: <41epe5$onh@mailnews.kub.nl> <41g4rf$3gh@agate.berkeley.edu> <41hhsm$9hj@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de> <41l40q$cui@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 95 02:17:50 GMT Lines: 34 In article <41l40q$cui@agate.berkeley.edu>, Nick Kralevich <nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >In article <41hhsm$9hj@bonnie.tcd-dresden.de>, >J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote: >>One thing i didn't like with the NFS >>installation was that it didn't give me the opportunity to configure a >>name server before actually using the NFS server address, so i had to >>configure it from another VT manually (which non-Unix gurus wouldn't >>know how to handle). > >Well, most non-gurus wouldn't install off of NFS, but nevermind that. :) Why not, it was as easy as ftp. > >Besides, aren't you suppose to enter the IP number, not name, for the >NFS install? That way, you don't need a nameserver. > I used the name and it worked great. If you're integrating the machine into your network then you'll probably want to add nameservice for it anyhow so it should already be there at install time. It's much easier then using the network number in /etc/exports and all over the place in the install. Sad to say thiat I didn't time this installation to see if it was faster or slower than the ftp installs that I usually do. -- -- Chris Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> -+- For PGP Key: finger chilton@mcs.net Officer: We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. Should