From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 27 17:55:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA20116 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 27 May 1998 17:55:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA [132.204.2.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA19740 for ; Wed, 27 May 1998 17:52:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA) Received: from epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca (epsom.JSP.UMontreal.CA [132.204.45.25]) by harfang.CC.UMontreal.CA (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA16238; Wed, 27 May 1998 20:52:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outpost.nada.org (derby.jsp.umontreal.ca [132.204.46.26]) by epsom.jsp.umontreal.ca via SMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/JSP1789) id UAA06720; Wed, 27 May 1998 20:52:51 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 20:52:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Spidey X-Sender: beaupran@outpost.nada.org Reply-To: Spidey To: Chris Chizk cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Connecting to isp w/ a modem In-Reply-To: <356C232C.5ED8D06@cvs.rochester.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 27 May 1998, Chris Chizk wrote: > Hi, My question is in reguards to connecting to my isp via modem on my > machine running freebsd. At this point, I have no interest in > regestering a domain name or becoming a server, I just want to connect > to my isp to read mail etc. I can do this on my win 95 partition, but it > is cumbersome to reboot etc. if all I want to do is read mail or > download a file. Indeed! windoze sucks anyways... > I have read many of the FAQ's and chapters in the book > that accompanied my cd, but most of it is still alittle to "low level" > and I don't have the background to "really " comprehend it. Is there a > concise method somewhere on how to set up my modem and machine to dial > in to my isp. You're better out with the handbook... > My equipment is a toshiba laptop w/ a 33.6 pc card fax > modem. You'll need some info about your ISP: dynamic of fixed IP's, DNS address, etc. > Also, Another unrelated question: I have been attempting to > mount my cdrom w/ the mount command and do not entirely understand all > the arguments. I have read the man page but still don't get it. I do > not have lots of unix background but am trying. Can anyone tell me how > to mount the a volume in the cdrom drive. It is an IDE drive if that is > important. It is... First, you got to check the file /etc/fstab (more /etc/fstab). Search for the line containing the word "cd9660" or smthing like this... If it's there, on the same line, you should have a directory where the cdrom will be mounted. (for me: /cdrom) It should be about this: # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/wd0s2b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/wd0s2a / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/wd0s3 /dos msdos rw 0 0 /dev/wd0s2f /usr ufs rw 2 2 /dev/wd0s2e /var ufs rw 2 2 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 /dev/wcd0c /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 ^ \_____It's this last line... Then, when you insert the CD-ROM (NOT audio!), do mount /cdrom, and bingo! You can browse the cd in the /cdrom directory as a filesystem! For audio cds, you must use software like cdcontrol, cdplayer, xcd or xcdplayer. I think that's about it! Keep me informed! Spidey ____________________________________ | Still searching for a good .sig... | \------------------------------------/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message