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From: push@panix.com (SeVeN)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Questions Questions Questions! Damn I'm frustrated trying to get FreeBSD optimized for my needs
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 20:24:25 GMT
Organization: P.U.S.H Systems
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ok. Hope I got your attention. I've recently decided to explore FreeBSD. Went
out and bought the Walnut Creek FreeBSD 2.1 CD and the BSD Docs CD as well. IMHO
the BSD Docs CD is totally useless. There goes my $40 down the drain. ;(
Anyways, I've like what I've seen so far. Only bad thing is that I screwed up my
MBR on sd0 which is a totally win95 drive. Now win95 crashes 3 out of 5 times at
boot or hang on me right after the GUI is finished loading.
I've successfully installed FreeBSD. Could'nt get booteasy to see the FreeBSD
root on sd2. Solve this problem by spending too much money on System Commander
(kickass Boot Manager IMHO).
Then I found out about the ATI Mach64 problem with X. It seems that even my
Graphics Pro Turbo 4mb(really old rev) is causes problems cuz the damn X still
blanks on me. Well I don't know if the Walnut Creek dist has the latest X beta,
so if anyone can tell me I'll really appreciate it.
After 10 recompiles of the kernel I finally solve the damn SB problem. Seems
that sb0 is needed. If they only said so on the FreeBSD guide by Greg Lehey.
Good thing the recompiles takes only 5 mins each.
The only bad thing that comes out of this is that the KB would freeze on me
sometimes once I get the login prompt. This problem solves itself with the RESET
button but it's killing the fs due to improper shutdown. I guess it could be due
to the psm0 driver or something.
Now the thing I want to do most is to config the colors and rows on the default
bootup. Having 25 lines is kinda like running DOS. I mean it just feels like I'm
running DOS and not FreeBSD. I know that with Linux you can config the rows and
colors with lilo (at least that's what my friend tells me)
I would like to be able to run FreeBSD console with 50 lines or more, and the
characters be in bright white color instead of dark grey.
Suggestions needed here.
is vt0 better than sc0?? When I tried to run sc0 with hardfonts on, the kernel
boot up screen or boot into config with -c is red(BG) and white (FG)
with vt0 everything is the good old black-white or black-grey. Until someone
teaches me how to config these colors, I'm sticking with the VT.
well this sums up my initial experience with FreeBSD. Looks like another day of
trying to figure out how to get stuff to work in dos/windoze, except that I get
more answers when I crash instead of that stupid GPF that don't tell you
anything. or the exception #13 error that again don't tell you what caused it.
Now just 1 last complain, WALNUT CREEK! BURN YER CDs PROPERLY! I got errors on
some files on the cd which could not uncompress properly. sysinstall tells me
the archive is corrupt. >8(
regards.
:)
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