On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 01:48:01AM -0600, Shea A Martin wrote:
> I would like a netBSD machine for development (cs assignments), and I am
> sick of telneting into the Universities over run machines. so:
> 
> I currently have a linux (debian) box dedicated to the following three
> tasks: firewall, ipmasqerading, ftp server (light use).  I would like to
> switch this machine over to NetBSD.  But first I have some questions.
> 
> 1.  How hard is it so set up a dhcp client (ie. my isp uses dhcp?).

As hard as:
echo 'dhclient=YES	dhclient_flags="epic0"' >> /etc/rc.conf
(remplace epic0 with your interface name)


> 
> 2.  The school uses v. 1.4.2 on PII's,  and all assignments must be able
> run on the schools machines.  But at the same time it is nice to have
> the latest version.  What is the compatibility like b/n the two versions
> as far as C/C++ systems programming, and shell scripting.  (I oftern
> develop on my linux workstation, but find the portability to be hit and
> miss, ie.  commands output info is diff format for shell scripts, netbsd
> has a slightly different set of libs and c header files.)  Is it fairly
> safe to go with 1.5 or should I go with 1.4?

You can go with 1.5. If you really need 1.4, you can unpack an 1.4.2
distrib in /usr/1.4.2, chroot /usr/1.4.2 /bin/csh and you have a 1.4.2
environnement.

> 
> 3.  Is there an iso image I can download for install purposes, or it is
> net install only?

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/iso (or mirrors)

> 
> 4.  For post install prog/app installation,   what is the default
> method?  tar xvzf app.tar.gz; make; make install?  Or is there a fancy
> system like debian's apt-get, or rh's rpm?

There are precompiled pkgs, but if you want up to date version you should
use pkgsrc:
http://www2.fr.netbsd.org/Documentation/software/

> 
> 5.  What is default filesystem for 1.5?  Can I choose during install?

FFS, and you can't chose during install.
Once installed you can mount other filesystems, though.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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