From owner-freebsd-small Mon Jul 31 12:35:35 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-small@freebsd.org Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.122.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD52737B8E2 for ; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:35:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id e6VJYjN13184; Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:34:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:34:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PicoBSD help In-Reply-To: <20000731044014.28592.qmail@web5101.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-small@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, [iso-8859-1] Paul Jansen wrote: > Hi, > > I've been looking at PicoBSD and was hoping to set it > up on a low-spec box I have here as a Firewall NAT > solution. I have been reading about and following > FreeBSD for some years now but have never installed > it. I figured I'd start small (with PicoBSD). I have > managed to install PicoBSD into a box with an NE2000 > card in it. I'm fairly sure I have the card > configured correctly, but I have no idea how to set up > an IP address or related details for the card. Is it > recommended that I install FreeBSD 4 so that I can at > least have a way to edit the PicoBSD configuration > files on the floppy or is there some way to read the > floppy from Windows? I have the 'the complete FreeBSD > ' book by Greg Lehey, but it hasn't been much use to > me in so far as setting up PicoBSD. It depends on the floppy ... some have an editor in it (ee, usually) and can mount the floppy. > I'm looking to set up a configuration that I can > telnet to and dial my ISP and connect through the > PicoBSD box with other machines to the internet. Any > suggestions warmly appreciated. You want the 'dial' floppy. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message