Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 23:11:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: mpp@legarto.minn.net (Mike Pritchard) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GENERIC kernel & some basic UNIX pointers Message-ID: <199506121341.XAA22419@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199506120809.DAA01350@mpp.com> from "Mike Pritchard" at Jun 12, 95 03:09:49 am
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Mike Pritchard stands accused of saying: > Since a lot of potential new FreeBSD users probably are using PPP/SLIP > through some type of ISP, the GENERIC configuration file should contain > PPP by default. If we need a smaller kernel for the boot floppy, then > there should be a "BOOTFLP" configuration instead. The installation > should start with the BOOTFLP kernel, but one of the loaded distributions > (bindist? or whatever) should provide a more fully configured kernel. > E.g. the GENERIC kernel. This should be done for 2.1. The PPP faq should actually mention the user-mode PPP and the tun0 device which is obviously still in the bootfloppy kernel. IMHO this is _much_ easier to use from my (limited) exposure than pppd for the 'average user'. > Mike Pritchard -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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