Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:35:53 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: "Young" <young@richardson.apana.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where to get assistance ?? Message-ID: <19990826053920.NHVD2478302.mta2-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <01e101beef52$da77e5c0$857e03cb@jdy>
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Please cc all messages to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. That way, if I give you bad advice, someone will correct it. On 26 Aug 99, at 9:37, Young wrote: > > # mkdir floppy (only need to do this the first time) > # mount /dev/fd0 /floppy > > I tried that and it cost me a re-install I doubt that a reinstall was necessary. >.... when I next re-booted > the system complained about not being able to start because > something was corrupted Possibly your filesystem, but that can be corrected with fsck. > .... possibly just a matter of one space > too many or too few, but thats apparently all it takes, so I'll need > to find out *exactly* what to do before I mess with floppies again I believe I told you exactly what to do. But perhaps your system is different. Perhaps someone else can help. That's the beauty of keeping all messages cc'd to the questions mailing list. > to retrieve said script to your box: > > fetch http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/ppp.conf.txt > > this thing won't stay connected for more than a couple minutes > so retrieving ANYTHING isn't an issue at this point in time That should be your first step then. > I'd kill for some simple "step by step" instructions on getting this stuff > sorted out ..... I've never in over four years experienced anything so > frustrating Unix is a step learning curve. Be patient. And there are several step by step guides. I gave you the URL to my page at http://www.freebsddiary.org/freebsd/ppp.htm and from there there are links to other pages. And try the handbook at www.freebsd.org Failing that, come back to the mailing list. -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited The FreeBSD Diary - http://www.FreeBSDDiary.org/freebsd/ NZ FreeBSD User Group - http://www.nzfug.nz.freebsd.org/ The Racing System - http://www.racingsystem.com/racingsystem.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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