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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: AAAHHH!!! Please help me (new to BSD and UNIX)
Date: 18 Jul 1995 11:18:32 +0200
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James Raynard <james@jraynard.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>mike schrimshaw <skrimmy@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>Well, I've d*loaded 2.0.5 BSD, and I am currently a DOS user. I have read
>>the *brief* install instructions on the BSD ftp site. Can anyone direct me to
>>some more clear and concise help (remember, I've used DOS since I was 8
>
>Have a browse around http://www.freebsd.org, I think there's some more
>documentation there.
You can as well prepare the boot floppy, boot it, and read a bunch of
instructions on-line (even in another language than English, should
you prefer :-).
>>Also, what software will I need to access my PPP account, and where can I
>>get it?
>
>PPP comes as part of the system. (A little tweaking was necessary to get it
>to work in 2.0 - I'm not sure if that's still the case with 2.0.5).
FreeBSD 2.0.5 now defaults to the iijppp package, a userland PPP
implementation that offers some features the kernel implementation
doesn't have (demand dialing, builtin terminal emulator to simplify
logging into a remote server etc.). So it will be easier for a PPP
newbie (like me) or the casual user on the one hand, while the
experienced or frequent user could setup the configuration files as he
used to do, or he could still use kernel PPP (but needs to recompile a
kernel for this).
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)