From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 14 23:43:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98E4516A4CE for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:43:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from voyager.twobirds.us (c-24-18-214-102.client.comcast.net [24.18.214.102]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72C2743D46 for ; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:43:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from joshua@twobirds.us) Received: from [63.226.239.158] (helo=twobirds.us) by voyager.twobirds.us with smtp (Exim 4.31; FreeBSD) id 1BE0aa-0004JY-Qt for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:43:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 23:42:39 -0700 From: Joshua Lokken To: Rainer Message-ID: <20040415064239.GB2940@joloxbox> Mail-Followup-To: Rainer , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <001101c422a8$08ba6560$7433fea9@diy> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001101c422a8$08ba6560$7433fea9@diy> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Organization: Little to none... cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppoe on FBSD ... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 06:43:09 -0000 * Rainer [2004-04-14 22:14]: > hello, > > i'm new to freebsd with some linux experience - hope i picked the right > list! You did, indeed. Welcome. > got the card, pc card on laptop (supported in your laptop list!), to come up > at boot, ep0 = address ... > > referred to the handbook and it covers 4.9 ... i got a 4.5 version with the > 'unleashed' book so it's unclear to me whether the instructions will be > valid my version? can i simply follow those instructions or is there an > older version of the handbook for 4.5? The handbook is mostly, if not completely relevant to 4.5, but I would suggest reading Appendix A of the handbook, esp. A.5, Using CVSup. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html You can install cvsup from the cds you bought, then use it to update your source tree and ports (third-party software) collection. That'll enable you to upgrade FreeBSD to a more recent version, which will be a good experience for you, and is a good idea, as 4.5 is rather old now, and there have been many improvements to the 4.x branch since then. Good luck. -- Joshua Women professionals do tend to over-compensate. -- Dr. Elizabeth Dehaver, "Where No Man Has Gone Before", stardate 1312.9.