09-26-2003
migrating from Windows
Hello all,
I was given an old computer that has freebsd 4.3 installed. The computer is a HP 4GB 300Mhz built in 1998. Apparently, the computer has not been used as the /home directory is empty of files.
I want to migrate away from Micro$oft and learn unix but am not a programmer and finding out that certain types of information is fiendishly hard to find. I have a very thick unix book that teaches all the basic commands (and I'm learning fast!) but leaves out other info I'd like to have. Ok, end of rant and on to the point...
1).What is the command to mount the cd in freebsd 4.3 in order to make install the ports? I can't even get emacs to work...<sigh and scream> The freebsd handbook is downright flirtatious with the information it excludes from users like myself.
I know to su to root, insert the cd. The handbook then teases with "mount the cd. Make sure the mount point is in /cdrom". This tells me nothing I can use.
Will someone take me by the hand on this one?
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machid(1) User Commands machid(1)
NAME
machid, sun, iAPX286, i286, i386, i486, i860, pdp11, sparc, u3b, u3b2, u3b5, u3b15, vax, u370 - get processor type truth value
SYNOPSIS
sun
iAPX286
i386
pdp11
sparc
u3b
u3b2
u3b5
u3b15
vax
u370
DESCRIPTION
The following commands will return a true value (exit code of 0) if you are using an instruction set that the command name indicates.
sun True if you are on a Sun system.
iAPX286 True if you are on a computer using an iAPX286 processor.
i386 True if you are on a computer using an iAPX386 processor.
pdp11 True if you are on a PDP-11/45tm or PDP-11/70tm.
sparc True if you are on a computer using a SPARC-family processor.
u3b True if you are on a 3B20 computer.
u3b2 True if you are on a 3B2 computer.
u3b5 True if you are on a 3B5 computer.
u3b15 True if you are on a 3B15 computer.
vax True if you are on a VAX-11/750tm or VAX-11/780tm.
u370 True if you are on an IBM(R) System/370tm computer.
The commands that do not apply will return a false (non-zero) value. These commands are often used within makefiles (see make(1S)) and
shell scripts (see sh(1)) to increase portability.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
make(1S), sh(1), test(1), true(1), uname(1), attributes(5)
NOTES
The machid family of commands is obsolete. Use uname -p and uname -m instead.
SunOS 5.11 5 Jul 1990 machid(1)