gistfile1.rb

1) Download and install FreeTDS

2) Configure FreeTDS (make an entry inside /usr/local/etc/freetds.conf)

[free_tds_server]
  host = <sql server>
  port = 1433
  tds version = 8.0
  encryption = no

3) Install ruby gems
i) gem install activerecord-sqlserver-adapter
ii) gem install tiny_tds

4) database.yml
development:
  adapter: sqlserver
  mode: dblib
  dataserver: my_sql_server
  database: my_database_name
  username: my_username
  password: xxxxx
  timeout: 5000

aaahh ok
going to pull 0.91 from nightly builds and testing it

This is the one in the project ports file.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/current/freetds-current.tgz

FYI, you should be able to clone the repo and do:

$ rake compile
$ rake native gem

And that will make a gem for your system. You can then move it around and do "gem install 'thatgemfile'"