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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD - please help me setup SLIP
Date: 5 Dec 1993 11:20:49 +1030
Organization: cleese.apana.org.au public access UNIX
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In article <CHEE9M.3Kn@Colorado.EDU> ramzi@tigger.cs.colorado.edu (Ramzi Al-Majid) writes:
>>>> - Run `ifconfig inet sl0 clientname servername netmask 0xffffff00`
>
> when i ran
> iconfig inet sl0 bahrain netblazer netmask 0xffffff00
> i get an error saying
> !@@#$#%^&* ioctl !@#$%^&* no such interface
That means that you haven't compiled SLIP support into your kernel.
Your comments below would seem to validate this supposition:
> where is this kernel config file ?????????
> is it something that comes with the sources ???
> i only got the binary distribution.
You'll need to get the sources and create a custom kernel config file
for your system (in /sys/i386/conf for FreeBSD).
Put this line at the end of your config file:
pseudo-device sl 2
Then recompile the kernel. When you boot from that new kernel, SLIP
should work.
- mark
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