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Date:      Fri, 8 May 1998 01:54:33 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@zwb.net>
To:        Ordway@compuserve.com (Bruce Ordway)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199805080554.BAA03481@nwalme.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <199805080038_MC2-3C56-80B4@compuserve.com> from Bruce Ordway at "May 8, 98 00:38:09 am"

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Short answer: get the programs.  You need to get the programs you want to
run.  There is a collection of binaries of programs for FreeBSD at
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2.6.  Also, if you installed
the ports collection, they're already on you hard drive.  I can't help you
with that, as I don't like ports.  You can also do what I do, which is get
the source code for the program.  You can find Apache at
http://www.apache.org/dist/.  Netscape, at http://home.netscape.com/.

What's your problem with the NIC?  Make sure it is configured on the right
IRQ.  If you are using the GENERIC kernel, at the boot prompt, type -cv.
Go into the visual config, then go from there.  If you made a custom
kernel, make sure you have the right IRQ&port in yur config file.

If you need more infoamtion/help, just e-mail us again.


Hope this helps :-)

> Hi,
> I recently purchased a CDROM from Walnut Creek, FreeBSD 2.2.6.
> I have a basic install completed but can't seem to do anything with
> the system now. I boot it up, maybe display some files with the
> ls command or start X with xinit. What I would really like is to get my
> network
> adapter configured & talk with the rest of my lan. I would also like to
> launch a Netscape session. It would be really nice to get Apache
> running. I can find all kinds of info for installing FreeBSD, but
> nothing when it comes to setting up and launching applications.
> Can you give me some pointers?
> Thanks,
> Bruce Ordway
> Viking Engineering
> 
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Dima Dorfman

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