Does anyone have a NetBSD install cheat sheet?


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I would really like a NetBSD install "cheat sheet" as it were, I can manage to install to disk, but I need some post install quick steps to get me up and running into the X server and preferably Gnome, coming from Windows I would be a lot happier in a visual environment.

You are probably thinking why I did not go with Mandrake or FreeBSD... but i would really like to get to know NetBSD.

Okay, so what I?ve done so far is download the NetBSD i386 packages CD and used that to do a standard full install to a full hard disk, and I?m presented with a ./bin/sh console... i log on as root, and from there i need help.

Any help would be greatly appreciated... Tha:huh:huh:

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'standard full install' ... so I'm guessing you already installed X11 and stuff already? Automatically?

In which case you just need to type startx ?

I haven't used NetBSD, but other BSDs tho.

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'standard full install' ... so I'm guessing you already installed X11 and stuff already? Automatically?

In which case you just need to type startx ?

I haven't used NetBSD, but other BSDs tho.

im guessing that all the packages have been copied to the disk and they just need configuring and or compiling. i tried startx to no avail.

i think im probably taking on a bit too much for my level of understanding :no:

I may try FreeBSD, i understand that is a bit more user friendly and drops you right into a x environment...

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BSD isnt as good as linux. the linux kernel is more advance

It depends on your definition of "good".

If you want uptime and security, then *BSD are better than Linux, typically.

If you want hardware compatibility, then Linux has the edge.

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It depends on your definition of "good".

If you want uptime and security, then *BSD are better than Linux, typically.

If you want hardware compatibility, then Linux has the edge.

Yeah, i was going for BSD because a) its Unix, and not Linux, and b) uptime security and ability to be a better webserver due to the latter,

Ive not had much luck though, FreeBSD will do the install for me, but does not support my USB keyboard and Mouse (im a legacy free kinda guy). and NetBSD supports all my hardware but im just too dumb to be able to install it properly.

Besides, ive tried a few linux distros and not one has filled my needs so far, except Slax, and thats only a mini live distro.

oh, and BSD appeals to me alot because it obeys the standards, i love my standards... :whistle:

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oh, and BSD appeals to me alot because it obeys the standards, i love my standards...  :whistle:

Some one has not heard of the incompatible time sharing system :) :rolleyes:

Though I admit you'd have to be old to know about them fresh....

Anyway, linux sounds good for you, because of the hardware compatibility being better.

As for slax.... It's based on slackware.... (I assume, from the title :) )

why can't you just install that?

Or gentoo, maybe? Debian?

Linux doesn't have a real prob with uptime and security, obviously, so, you wouldn't be losing much.

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Some one has not heard of the incompatible time sharing system :) :rolleyes:

Though I admit you'd have to be old to know about them fresh....

Anyway, linux sounds good for you, because of the hardware compatibility being better.

As for slax.... It's based on slackware.... (I assume, from the title :) )

why can't you just install that?

Or gentoo, maybe? Debian?

Linux doesn't have a real prob with uptime and security, obviously, so, you wouldn't be losing much.

I would install slax but... its only tiny and has barely anything, and its not ideal on a network. Besides, im itching to use up a 40gb drive i have just aquired... itd be kinda boring of me to use it as a huge Documents and Settings drive for xp.

I tried Gentoo, thats practically as difficult as installing NetBSD.

Perhaps im being difficult, I just dont want to go for Mandrake again (like i usually do), because that tries to hard to help and fails most of the time. One distro i mite try is Fedora... but that isnt a release yet?

Oh well, im going to stop bothering everyone now. :blink:

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