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From: fredh@telerama.lm.com (fredh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Need help getting where I'm going...
Date: 14 Sep 1994 02:13:49 -0400
Organization: Telerama Public Access Internet, Pittsburgh, PA
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MacXperts Inc (xperts@infi.net) wrote:
: my objective: to set up a 486 pc as an internet router for an office of macs
: on ethernet. I'm trying to install 386bsd from the 1.0 cd-rom. I have a 520
: meg IDE HD, a tranto SCSI card, and 16meg of RAM. It isn't working.
: my question: where to begin? Using the cdins_bt boot disk I get "cdrom drive
: not found...". How do I a) get this damn thing installed, b) get it set up
: to automatically log in to a PPP server, c) route tcp/ip packets to our
: ethernet?
: I'm a Mac programmer, not a unix sysadmin, and this is really eating up a
: lot of time. can anyone put me on the right path? I'm not averse to getting
: the 1.5.1 cd, if that'll help, or even d'l ing the whole install, but I
: haven't been very successful with bin installs before.
: --
: MacXperts, Inc. 804.353.7122
: Certified Apple Developers fax 804.358.3847
: 3228-L West Cary St. applelink: xperts
: Richmond, VA 23221 net: xperts@infi.net
The problem:
1.) The CDROM was released without being tested, later it was found that
the CD was no good.
2.) All version 2 code releases have been pulled from the internet, this
to compliy with a copyright problem. We all sit now waiting for for
version FreeBSD Release 2 (based on 4.4 Lite code)
3.) The other problem may be your hardware, I suggest your carefully
read file that outlines the supported devices.
I too had many problems installing and understanding FreeBSD (unix), be
patient and take your time. If you need any files for it you may find
them on one of the overseas servers like ftp.funet.fi.
Fredh..
fredh@telerama.lm.com