From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 5 10:02:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA25486 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:02:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from backup.MNSi.Net (backup.mnsi.net [206.48.122.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA25473 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 10:02:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mnsi.net) Received: from www.vidican.com (dyn208-6-73-54.win.mnsi.net [208.6.73.54]) by backup.MNSi.Net (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) with ESMTP id MAA26812 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 1997 12:54:57 -0500 Message-Id: <199711051754.MAA26812@backup.MNSi.Net> From: "Nathan Vidican" To: Subject: HELP!!!!!!!!! Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 12:29:04 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear FreeBSd list, I am a new freebsd user. I just installed FreeBSd 2.2.2, I have limited knowledge of the unix O/S, but am a fast learner. I have a few problems thus far though, and I would like to know if you can help answer my questions (listed below): 1- When I press F2 for FreeBSd, the boot MGR gives me "F?" why? (I have been able to use the boot disk, and boot the kernel from the hardrive though, and I have tried "fsck", but still nothing?, have been using: wd(o,a)kernel when i get boot: on the boot floppie) 2- How do i execute a browser, I have gotten PPP connections going, just cannot seem to execute a browser, I have both Mosaic, and Lynx installed in /usr/ports/www ? (I think?) 3- How do I check my e-mail? is there a good graphical software that someone knows of that is ported for freebsd? if so, where can i get it? 4- When using "mail" to send mail, how does one send, I can enter the subject, and then type a message, but then what? I also tried this "mail whoever@isp.net >>somethng.txt" (using ee to create a txt file) 5- When I use a username other than "root", why can't I write to anything? ee wouldn't let me save any txt files? to anywhere? 6- how does one config, then execute the x-windows GUI? 7- how do i run ircII? i can execute irc, but cannot seem to connect? 8- when using ppp, how does one leave the connection, "shell"? if i do this, will the connection remain active, how do programs based for the internet know if I am connected or not? 9- how does one setup Apache? I have the port installed, (also have the Perl for it) 10- last, but not least, is "perl" the perl5.003 compiler that came in the ports collection? case almost all the perl apps won't work with it? Nathan Vidican 1 (519) 728-4190 nate@mnsi.net Diamond_C of Dalnet, (IRC)