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Date:      Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:15:18 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane_Raimbault?= <stephane@cybersurf.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HELP: Installing with PPP but....
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970724091435.1332G-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <E421FB68D3@cal.cybersurf.net>

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On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, [iso-8859-1] Stéphane Raimbault wrote:

>  Hi folks,  I would like to install FreeBSD via ppp.  Here is the situation.
> I can get all the way to dial into my ISP but my ISP doesn't ask for login
> and password.  I think it uses a pap or something like that where the user
> send info with out server asking for it.  I m sure you guys no what I mean
>  I hope).  Are there ways arround this.  IE. make FBSD install send user
> name and passwd with me typing it in term.  Perhaps I can 'set ' the
> necessary fields.

I believe you have to issue the following commands to set it up:

enable pap
accept pap
set authname yourusername
set authkey yourpassword

> Also if I can't do this with FBSD PPP install.  Can I install of DOS
> partition but I am using FAT32 on first half of the drive.  Does 2.2.2
> compatible with FAT32?

No, unfortunately.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
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