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Date:      Mon, 6 Apr 1998 18:41:58 -0700
From:      "Diana Roman" <dcr10@worldnet.att.net>
To:        <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Help me!!!!! : (
Message-ID:  <19980407014134.AAA25508@dcr>

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Hi there, I'm running into a problem (or problems?) in the installation
process. 

I made myself a boot disk, and I'm trying to install FreeBSD on my 486
laptop, which is currently running no other OS or anything. I have a
suspicion that the install program isn't finding my PCMCIA modem...

When I go to the full-screen visual kernel configuration, there are 23
conflicts in the various devices. So, I delete all of them, then tab down
to the 'add' field, and add device ze0, the 'IBM/National Semiconductor
PCMCIA Ethernet Adaptor', as suggested in the FAQ. After I save the
configuration, I get a screen with a list of the devices and whether they
are detected or not, but ze0 scrolls past too quickly for me to see whether
it is okay or not. I hope I'm explaining this correctly!! 

Then I go to the FreeBSD Disklabel editor and choose A, since I'm devoting
the whole drive to BSD - it prompts me for a mount point for the partition,
and I'm not sure what to enter here. I've been entering '/0' because it
seems to accept this answer (stupid and wrong, I know). 

Then I get a message - "PP command started on VTY3, blah blah blah," so I
hit Alt-F3 and get a new screen with the prompt "ppp ON> Warning: Can't
create /var/run/tun0.pid: No such file or directory." So, I type "term" and
get the prompt "Warning: Can't create /var/run/cuaa0.if: No such file or
directory. Enter to terminal mode. Type "~?" for help."

At which point I assume I would type "ATDT5974904" (my ISP's dial-in
number) but the keyboard has frozen up and I have to do the old
three-finger salute to reboot the machine. 

What am I doing wrong!??? I have the feeling it's something pretty dumb,
but I don't know what. This is so frusterating.... : ( 


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