Recent content by RamshackleMan

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    PC-BSD (or DesktopBSD)

    I installed PC-BSD 1.0rc1 on a separate drive on my desktop box. It didn't like booting when on my primary master but ran fine there. I put my XP on secondary master and that was OK. I like FreeBSD as a non-windows operating system. I have it on 2 servers without GUI (who needs it on a...
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    Shutdown in FreeBSD

    I am not an expert but as far as I know, only root can shutdown FreeBSD. The user has to be a member of wheel and then su into root.
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    ugly cars, do you agree?

    What about the Honda Element? Ugly!
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    How you share Internet by a telephone modem for 2-3 computers

    You can configure one computer as a router. It will need NAT cards in all your other computers too. Hook them all together through a hub. I believe every version of Windows since 98 can do this. I know that FreeBSD and other *NIX OS's support it.
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    Is formatting worth it, or will deleting the windows directory all you really need?

    I have an 8 GB HD as my C drive, a 80 GB as my D. Win XP on the C and everything else on the D. When I get into trouble I simply reformat the C drive and never lose data.
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    what kind of servers do you run on Linux?

    I'm running FreeBSD 4.7 on my server w/ apache, proftp, samba, fetchmail and qpopper.
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    Matrix dvd at frys for 9.99 :)

    I snagged one. Only had it on VHS. Anybody see that Reloaded will be released in iMax like 3 weeks after it opens?