From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 24 12:38:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id MAA03197 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:38:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id MAA03187 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:37:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA13001; Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:37:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 12:37:46 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Michael Graffam cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD slip'ed to Linux? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Michael Graffam wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been using Linux on my P5 for awhile now. I've always wanted to try > out FreeBSD though, but I never did because my Pentium isnt really allowed > any down time. > > Well, I recently put together a 486 with 12m of ram and 200m of HD space > for the reason of putting FreeBSD on it for evaluation. I installed > the bins and manpages, and am now trying to get the 486 slipped to the > Pentium to complete installation. > > Theres the rub. :) [ describes routing trouble ] It does seem like there's a routing problem on the FreeBSD side. I've had the identical problem when I had a point-to-point Ethernet with an OS/2 box and a FreeBSD machine. It's all a matter of routing. I'd suggest checking out the Handbook, FAQ, and mail archives at http://www.freebsd.org/ and see if that gives you any insight. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major