From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 21 07:47:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA14084 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 07:47:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from emi.net (emi.net [208.10.128.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA14075 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 07:47:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com) Received: from nt (tc1-45.emi.net [208.10.129.61]) by emi.net (8.8.6/8.8.5) with SMTP id IAA31098; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:42:03 -0400 Message-Id: <199808211242.IAA31098@emi.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "peter@sweda.com.hk" , "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:47:00 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.00.1500) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: kindly help Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:37:21 -0700 (PDT), questions-digest wrote: >Hello > >i finished mininal installation. and i want to install x-windows > >but i don't know how to connect to internet to install > > >my step: > >login in: root >run /stand/sysinstall >select upgrade >select x-windows >select ftp site > >finally it prompts the host name cannot be resolved > > > >it is different to my mininal installation. > >i cannot press Alt-F1 to switch to other screen to run >term >atdt telephone no. > > >and back to screen (F3) to install > > >pls teach me how to do it I'm guessing that you performed your initial install over the Internet and it spawned a ppp process on another virtual terminal, which allowed you to connect to the Internet with your MODEM and you performed a minimal install... Now you have to configure ppp yourself (go to /etc/ppp and set up the files, also see man pppd). I suggest you configure them so they support "demand dialing" a.k.a. "dial-on-demand". This way, anytime you fire up netscape or anything that wants access to the Internet, your MODEM will dial/connect... Then prior to starting /stand/sysinstall, ensure a connection is established... (use a ping to your ISP). Later, you can set up ipfw (IP firewall) to NOT cause a connection due to pings, and such other trivial stuff. See previous threads on this forum. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message