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    How to add another mirror for package installation

    Hi Forum I am behind a firewall that does not allow ftp, and the mirror that is configured in FreeBSD 7.2 is quite slow I would like to change this default mirror from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-7.2-release/Latest/ to...
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    ipw3945 fails to connect... :-(

    H Forum I have configured the ipw3945 wireless card in the loader.conf fine, added the lines if_wpi_load=”YES” wlan_load=”YES” wlan_amrr_load=”YES” firmware_load=”YES” wpifw_load=”YES” legal.intel_wpi.license_ack=1 and after rebooting i typed in a shell ifconfig wpi0 up...
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    ThinkPad: problems with HAL

    Intel Pro Wireless 3945 Hi w1k0 First of all I would like to apologize for introducing this issue here a bit off topicbut I seached in "mobile computing" for "Intel Pro Wireless" and found nothing about its configuration under FreeBSD 7.2... :-( Once more, please excuse me forum...
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    Import the whole of the ports tree

    Hi Roddierod frontclynne SirDice and dennyli93 Thks for your replies I will start playing with fBSD... this is different from Linux... :-) BRGDS Alex
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    Installing FreeBSD in Asus F3Jr Laptop

    Hi Frontclynne Thkz for your replies, I have installed fBSD in an external USB HDD, and I am now lerning to pay with it... One thing puzzles me though... the boot time... it is slow... even considering that I am booting from a USB HDD... I have installed an ArchLinux system in another...
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    Import the whole of the ports tree

    But not everything is in the DVD, at least i got this impression when I installed fBSD... am I wrong ...? I asked me wether i wanted to install the ports tree, which i replied yes, but cd /usr/ports/whatever , #make install clean starts trying to connect to several URL to fetch the files and...
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    Import the whole of the ports tree

    Hi dennylin93 Thanks for your reply, You mean to say that # make fetch-recursive in /usr/ports will populate the whole of the ports tree...? fine... Once I have the ports tree completely filled, in case I want to compile/install an application, I just cd to the folder and #make install...
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    Import the whole of the ports tree

    Hi Forum This may seem an awkward question... but here it goes: The scenario is this... I will have unlimited connection for the next month, and this will allow me to install any software I need from the ports tree. But for times to come, later, I am not sure when I will have broad...
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    Installing FreeBSD in Asus F3Jr Laptop

    Hi DucthDaemon Thank you for your replies. Greetz Alex
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    Installing FreeBSD in Asus F3Jr Laptop

    Hi Forum This is my first post here... so pardon me if i am not posting in the right section, of if my questions are overly noobish for FreBSD's standards... so, here it goes... : I come from the Linux world, where i am a power user of Debian 5.0 stable, been already through several...
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