From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 1 16:08:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA07421 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:08:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from print.gfmurray.com ([207.6.88.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id QAA07413 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:08:24 -0700 (PDT) From: tim@print.gfmurray.com Received: from client3.gfmurray.com (client3.gfmurray.com [207.6.88.13]) by print.gfmurray.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA12600 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:08:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 16:08:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610012308.QAA12600@print.gfmurray.com> X-Sender: tim@print.gfmurray.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.4 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new and dumb Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk try looking at the web site www.freebsd.org This has a great mail archive where you can submit keywords and check for previously discussed issues. Also, there is a FAQ and FBSD handbook section that helps to clear the fog.... >Sick of the perfidious scoundrels at Microsoft and their ceaseless dirty >little lies about win NT I'm trying to get Freebsd running. > >1. I've installed off a DOS partition, but cannot find how to set the >DNS name server, netmask, etc. During a previous (unsuccessful) attempt >to install from FTP I got a full screen for entering all the >necessaries, but haven't found it since. I've "man"'d, helped, doced, >etc etc. Can't find DNS, nameserver etc in the WC booklet. > >2. Also something is assigning my Netcom 3C5098 network adapter a false >value ("bnc" meaning 10base2 I believe). Here's what scrolls by during >boot-up. Anyway to get rid of that bnc? (My 3coms are hooked by 10BaseT >thru an Everyware 2060 router to a 24-hour 128K ISDN feed, all of which >has been working for some months for a DOS tcp/ip stack as well as >Windows NT, such as it is.) > >ep0 0x300-0x30f irq 10 on isa >ep0 aui/stp/bnc [etc] > ^^^ >If this is too stupid to merit a response just remember...I bought >Windows NT. The only way is up from here. > > Tim Baird Dominus Fecit "The Lord Made" Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my employer etc. etc