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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news-xfer.netaxs.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.io.com!fnord!news From: mparson@grumblesmurf.io.com (Michael Parson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: NetBSD1.1 newbie - PLEASE help! Date: 8 Jan 1997 12:10:00 -0600 Organization: Illuminati Online Lines: 67 Message-ID: <5b0nto$u9j@grumblesmurf.io.com> References: <1855.6946T860T358@ping.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: grumblesmurf.io.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.amiga:14829 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:5128 In article <1855.6946T860T358@ping.at>, Manfred Matzinger <matzing@ping.at> wrote: >Hi! > >I recently installed NetBSD 1.1 from the CD "Gateway Vol. 2" on my Amiga and I >hope, you can help me with the following problems: > >1) Where can I find Xdaniver.readme, which is mentioned in the > HTML-documentation of the Gateway CD? Don't know where this is on the CD, but you can get it from ftp.netbsd.org:/pub/NetBSD-Amiga/contrib/X11/X11R6/bin11 >2) How can I turn on filename completion and the command history for sh? I can't > find instructions with "man sh". The borne shell (/bin/sh) doee nost have filename completion. If you want these features, install a more modern shell (bash/ksh/zsh/ash/csh/tcsh) >3) What do I have to insert for ff in the printcap for my HP5MP? It always > prints lines like that: > line1 > line2 > instead of > line1 > line2. can't help you there... >4) If I have a script, which I can start with e.g. "sh <scriptname>", how can I > turn it into an pseudo-executable, which can be started with "<scriptname>" > only? The first line of the script has to be: #!/bin/sh Then make the script executable: chmod 755 scriptname Then make sure that the script is located somewhere in your path. This is dependent on your shell. >5) What is "xdm" and where can I find instructions for it? I carefully read the > docs on the Gateway CD, but I found nothing!? Read the manpage for 'X' and it will tell you all you need to know. >6) How can I access my floppy drives (df0:, df1: and df2: under AmigaDOS) with > NetBSD? Is it possible to read floppies with Amiga, HFS (Apple) and PC > format (how)? Why does NetBSD tell me that fd1 and fd2 is not configured at > boot-time? /dev/fd0 is the only floppy available under NetBSD 1.1 (If I remember correctly). Floppy usefulness under any Unix is kinda limited... >7) The supplied lha can generate lha archives, but unpacking seems buggy. I > always get the error: "bad table (5); segmentation fault (core dumped)". > Where can I get a working version of lha? Get the source and recompile? I don't use lha under unix much, tar is much more suited for unix filesystems. -- Michael Parson // Illuminati Online E-mail: mparson@io.com \X/ Fnord! DNRC