Re: Working my way into the wonderful world of BSD

From: Kevin Kinsey (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 02/25/05

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    Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 00:36:13 -0600
To: Reno Romanin <reno@hardcoretek.com>

    Reno Romanin wrote:

    >Hello list...
    >
    >I'm _very_ new to FreeBSD, and I have a couple of questions about the lack
    >of init scripts...
    >
    >1) is there any equivalent to init scripts in freebsd?
    >
    >
    >

    I think you're talking about rc(8). I think Slackware uses a
    similar setup....

    # man 8 rc

    RC(8) FreeBSD System Manager's Manual
    RC(8)

    NAME
         rc -- command scripts for auto-reboot and daemon startup

    SYNOPSIS
         rc
         rc.conf
         rc.conf.local
         rc.d/
         rc.firewall
         rc.local
         rc.shutdown
         rc.subr

    DESCRIPTION
         The rc utility is the command script which controls the automatic boot
         process after being called by init(8).

    <snip>

    >2) If not, can someone point me in the direction of a newbs guide to
    >FreeBSD?
    >
    >
    >

    http://www.freebsd.org/handbook ;-)

    >3) How complete is the linux binary support, and where can I find a list of
    >the lib versions that are install for it?
    >
    >TIA
    >
    >--reno
    >
    >

    Hmm, `man 4 linux` ?? I'm not too up on Linux, myself. Maybe
    also take a tour through:

    /usr/compat/linux
    /sys/compat/linux
    /sys/compat/linprocfs

    Maybe what's in /usr/compat/linux/lib?

    HTH, && welcome to FBSD!

    Kevin Kinsey
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