Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 19:54:55 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: smilepak@vividnet.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question regarding FREEBSD and Modem Message-ID: <199605301954.TAA10963@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2FCAB1F6.4C22@vividnet.com> (smilepak@vividnet.com)
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> I have a question. Well, i currently have Windows 95 in my computer at the > moment. I was thinking of buying a copy of freeBSD and installing it into my > computer on a second hard drive. Is there a way to have multi boot up so i > won't have to format all the valuable data i got on my computer right now to > install freeBSD? Yes, you can install something like osbs to do this (it's in the tools directory). > second question is that i currently have an internet provider which i got PPP > + Shell connection to it. I was thinking of getting freeBSD install, and use > ftp, telnet, etc from my computer without login my account at the provider. > Is there a way to use a 28.8k modem to connect to my provider under freeBSD? > Then i can just use the compiler and editor and all the function as normal on > my computer, but if i want to telnet or ftp or read mail or netnews etc, it > will then go through my internet account (shell) to use it? Is that possible? No problem. This is fairly straightforward to set up using user PPP - look at Section 12.1 of http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ for an explanation of how to do this. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland jraynard@dial.pipex.com james@jraynard.demon.co.uk
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