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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: newbe install ?
Date: 1 Jan 1996 12:27:15 GMT
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kevster@earth.usa.net (Kevin Stover) writes:

> Q1.  I have freebsd installed on my second hard first hd is a wd 1082M
>      and the second a conner 540M. I have to use ontrack to recognize my
>      drives they are both > 1024 clynders. How do I get booteasy to boot 
>      the second drive.

It should already.  (Of course, you have to install booteasy on the
first drive, since this is where the MBR is loaded from.)

If your second drive is entirely FreeBSD (or at least, the part of the
disk beyond the ficticous cylinder 1024), you don't need the `disk
manager'.  FreeBSD doesn't even use it.

> Q2.  Where can I find step by step instructions to get X running? BTW I 
>      have a ps/2 mouse.

From the XFree86 project's documentation, README's etc.

For the PS/2 mouse, refer to the handbook (/usr/share/doc/handbook/)
section on how to build a custom kernel, and add the line

device          psm0    at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr

to your kernel config file, as it's documented inside the LINT
configuration file (/sys/i386/conf/LINT).

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)