From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 25 07:01:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA02332 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 07:01:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.ph1.Uni-Koeln.DE (zeus.PH1.UNI-KOELN.DE [134.95.50.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA02327 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 07:01:00 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199602251501.HAA02327@freefall.freebsd.org> Received: by zeus.ph1.Uni-Koeln.DE (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA08595; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:58:45 +0100 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 15:58:45 +0100 From: Frank Schmuelling To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Installation/Documentation Problems, mainly PLIP Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I wanted to install FreeBSD (2.1.0) on my laptop (I'm going to replace Linux, hope you enjoy..). Since I have no network adapter I installed FreeBSD on a PC with network (also removed Linux ...) to use the PLIP interface for installation on my laptop. After having some trouble with my SMC adapter, I finally managed to install FreeBSD on the first partiton of the second harddisk. **** Unfortunately I cannot find a way to install the bootmanager when **** FreeBSD is installed on the second disk For now I'm booting from DOS.. Now my real problems: The documentation for the PLIP installation is too short for me... **** So far I think I have to choose NFS installation. But what **** addresses I have to use for Nameservers, Routes, my own IP and so **** on ?? What have to be done on the other computer (the one which **** has already installed FreeBSD)? How can I setup a PLIP 'server'? **** Is this PLIP server only a gateway to the NFS servers on the **** internet or is itself the NFS server for the PLIP interface? A little hint would be great ... Here some smaller problems that I encountered during installation on computer with network adapter (not necessary to answer or comment, I have already solved them for me) /sand/sysinstall does not run when I have installed a kernel with pcvt compatible console driver (Why do the ALT- sequences in emacs not work with the sc0 driver?) How can I make a set of 'emergency' or normal boot discs? The xemacs package misses a X-library (something like xpm????-package) The path to the site-lisp directory was corrupted (contained some components like '.../share:/...' or so) Thanks allot, Frank. From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 25 12:35:23 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA18194 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 12:35:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from zeus.ph1.Uni-Koeln.DE (zeus.PH1.UNI-KOELN.DE [134.95.50.108]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA18188 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 12:35:21 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199602252035.MAA18188@freefall.freebsd.org> Received: by zeus.ph1.Uni-Koeln.DE (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA09531; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 21:33:03 +0100 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 21:33:03 +0100 From: Frank Schmuelling To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: again: Problems with Installation (PLIP) Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi there, Sorry about my previous mail, all my problems (concerning the BSD installation...) are gone. After adding some ifconfig, killing some deamons (lpd), changing my corrupted /etc/services file (I had a version with only about 5 lines, where did it come from?) and some other changes it finally runs ... Thanks allot, Frank. From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 25 13:30:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA21266 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:30:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from nervosa.com (root@nervosa.com [192.187.228.86]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA21232 for ; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:30:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from nervosa.com (coredump@onyx.nervosa.com [10.0.0.1]) by nervosa.com (8.7.4/nervosa.com.2) with SMTP id NAA08548; Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:28:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 13:28:12 -0800 (PST) From: invalid opcode To: Frank Schmuelling cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: again: Problems with Installation (PLIP) In-Reply-To: <199602252035.MAA18188@freefall.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, Frank Schmuelling wrote: > After adding some ifconfig, killing some deamons (lpd), changing my > corrupted /etc/services file (I had a version with only about 5 lines, > Frank. I had that same thing happen to me, my only guess is that it is from the installation disk in /stand/etc/services. == Chris Layne ============================================================== == coredump@nervosa.com ================= http://www.nervosa.com/~coredump == From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Feb 26 11:40:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA10687 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 11:40:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from echo.sound.net (root@echo.sound.net [205.242.192.21]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA10675 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 11:40:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from max4-47.sound.net (max4-47.sound.net [205.242.205.47]) by echo.sound.net (8.7.4/8.7.4) with SMTP id NAA19489 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 13:39:32 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3132D1CF.68C1@sound.net> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 01:41:35 -0800 From: Devin Martin X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Format X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk You should really consider organizing the data into much larger chunks. Jumping from page to page in order to print out the documentation is very time-consuming. In addition, printing all the graphics and stuff at the top and bottom of each page wastes alot of ink and paper. Thanx From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Feb 26 21:09:41 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA24761 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 21:09:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mpp.minn.net (root@mpp.Minn.Net [204.157.201.242]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA24751 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 21:09:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mpp@localhost) by mpp.minn.net (8.7.3/8.6.9) id XAA15483 for freebsd-doc@freebsd.org; Mon, 26 Feb 1996 23:09:37 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199602270509.XAA15483@mpp.minn.net> Subject: quota section in handbook To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 23:09:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Mike Pritchard" X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I just threw together a quota section for the handbook and I was looking for someone to review it before I commited it. Anyone interested in taking a look? -- Mike Pritchard mpp@minn.net "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn" From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 27 03:43:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id DAA08245 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 03:43:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id DAA08233 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 03:43:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from struppi.fdgdus.de (struppi.fdgdus.de [194.77.30.25]) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id MAA02537 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:34:58 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost.gun.de by struppi.fdgdus.de (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA12919; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:39:57 +0100 Message-Id: <9602271139.AA12919@struppi.fdgdus.de> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 96 12:39:57 0100 From: Torsten Krumrey Organization: Flughafen Duesseldorf GmbH X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; AIX 2) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: (no subject) X-Url: http://www.de.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk -- Torsten Krumrey (krumrey@fdgdus.de) Rechenzentrum Systemadmin. UNIX __|__ --o--o--(_)--o--o-- Flughafen Duesseldorf GmbH (+49.211.421.0) Airport Duesseldorf GmbH Germany E-Mail (krumrey@fdgdus.de) Voice (+49.211.421.2953) Fax (+49.211.421.2959) From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 27 06:41:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA22831 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 06:41:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA22826 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 06:41:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA04504; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:40:23 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:40:22 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: Mike Pritchard cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quota section in handbook In-Reply-To: <199602270509.XAA15483@mpp.minn.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Mike Pritchard wrote: > I just threw together a quota section for the handbook and > I was looking for someone to review it before I commited it. > Anyone interested in taking a look? Post it here or generate html and post a URL for it. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 27 06:48:51 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA23187 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 06:48:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA23180 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 06:48:40 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA04526; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:48:07 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 09:48:07 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: Devin Martin cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Format In-Reply-To: <3132D1CF.68C1@sound.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Devin Martin wrote: > You should really consider organizing the data into much larger chunks. > Jumping from page to page in order to print out the documentation is very > time-consuming. In addition, printing all the graphics and stuff at the There is a MUCH better way of printing it out, but requires latex at the moment. As far as node size, there is tremendous variability in how different authors treat sectioning, and the HTML generator uses sectioning to break up the document. Generally, I think there is too much use of sectioning, (which generates a zillion tiny HTML files) and in many cases and descriptive list should be used instead. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 27 10:37:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA11105 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:37:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from mpp.minn.net (root@mpp.Minn.Net [204.157.201.242]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA11100 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:37:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mpp@localhost) by mpp.minn.net (8.7.3/8.6.9) id MAA19851; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:36:48 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199602271836.MAA19851@mpp.minn.net> Subject: Re: quota section in handbook To: jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 12:36:48 -0600 (CST) From: "Mike Pritchard" Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "John Fieber" at Feb 27, 96 09:40:22 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25 ME8b] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk John Fieber wrote: > On Mon, 26 Feb 1996, Mike Pritchard wrote: > > > I just threw together a quota section for the handbook and > > I was looking for someone to review it before I commited it. > > Anyone interested in taking a look? > > Post it here or generate html and post a URL for it. http://freebsd.org/~mpp/handbook/handbook.html (it is the full handbook - the quota stuff in in system admin section) -- Mike Pritchard mpp@minn.net "Go that way. Really fast. If something gets in your way, turn" From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 27 10:55:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA12349 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:55:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA12333 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 10:55:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA06142; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:55:40 -0500 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 13:55:39 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: Mike Pritchard cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: quota section in handbook In-Reply-To: <199602271836.MAA19851@mpp.minn.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, Mike Pritchard wrote: > http://freebsd.org/~mpp/handbook/handbook.html Looks good. The url for your email address has a ; instead of a :. In section 8.6 I'd like to see an example of quota -v output and, if reasonable, a sample encounter with edquota. Looks good otherwize! -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 27 14:54:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA15829 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 14:54:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA15822 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 14:54:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA27758; Tue, 27 Feb 96 16:54:49 -0600 Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA01255; Tue, 27 Feb 1996 15:54:49 -0700 Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 15:54:49 -0700 Message-Id: <9602272254.AA01255@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> From: Sean Kelly To: mpp@mpp.minn.net Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602270509.XAA15483@mpp.minn.net> Subject: Re: quota section in handbook Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Mike" == "Mike Pritchard" writes: Mike> I just threw together a quota section for the handbook and I Mike> was looking for someone to review it before I commited it. Mike> Anyone interested in taking a look? Yep. Looks really good! Just a few comments---ignore at will: By default the quota files are stored in the root of the file system with the names ... Maybe say ``... stored in the root directory of the file system ...'' For example, if the user has a hard limit of 500 blocks on a file system and attempts to allocate 501 blocks, the allocation will fail. This makes it sound like the hard limit is on the allocation size and not on use---meaning the user can do as many 500 block allocations he wants and fill up the filesystem. Perhaps you could improve the example by saying something like ``If the user has a hard limit of 500 blocks and is currently using 490 blocks, he can allocate only 10 more blocks successfully. If s/he requests 11 blocks, the request will fail. If s/he requests 10 blocks, the request will succeed. But any further requests will fail.'' If a user stays over their soft limit longer than their grace period ... Pronoun number mismatch in `user' and `their.' Try saying ``if users stay over their soft limits ...'' or ``if a user stays over his/her soft limit ...'' you are placed into the vi editor to allow you to edit the quota limits This is probably over anal, but you're placed into the editor specified by the EDITOR environment variable, or vi if there is no EDITOR var. Otherwise, the document's great! Maybe I'll enable quotas tonight to annoy my wife :-) -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA If I had a mine shaft, I don't think I would just abandon it. There's got to be a better way. -- Jack Handey From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Feb 28 11:56:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA06840 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 11:56:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA06692 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 11:54:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA03151; Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:54:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 14:54:16 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Postscript handbook Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I've put a postscript version of the handbook on ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/docs. This isn't automagically updated but until that happens I'll try to update it now and then. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Mar 1 05:34:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA11007 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 05:34:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from nosferatu ([131.247.31.155]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA10997 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 05:34:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from TSJ105 ([131.247.31.142]) by nosferatu (8.6.11/8.6.5) with SMTP id IAA08595 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:36:41 -0500 Message-ID: <313721CE.65CE@chuma.cas.usf.edu> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 08:11:58 -0800 From: David Dunbar Organization: University of South Florida X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Handbook - instructions for configuring rc.local, resolv.conf, named.boot, hosts, etc. X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Happy Friday :) I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to set up a web server. I broke down and bought the O'Reilly books on TCP/IP and DNS&BIND now I need to find out how to get my modem to see the BOCA board so I can dial in. If I could help with the Handbook on issues like these it would probably cement my understanding of the process. Regards, David From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Mar 1 10:01:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA27996 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 10:01:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA27989 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 10:00:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id KAA07003; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 10:00:28 -0800 (PST) To: David Dunbar cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook - instructions for configuring rc.local, resolv.conf, named.boot, hosts, etc. In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 01 Mar 1996 08:11:58 PST." <313721CE.65CE@chuma.cas.usf.edu> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 10:00:28 -0800 Message-ID: <7001.825703228@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > If I could help with the Handbook on issues like these it would > probably cement my understanding of the process. And many other people's besides! :-) Please, by all means do! Jordan From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Mar 1 22:48:28 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id WAA14176 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 22:48:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from lightning.Stanford.EDU (tip-mp2-ncs-8.Stanford.EDU [36.173.0.55]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA14154 for ; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 22:48:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bora@localhost) by lightning.Stanford.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA00336; Fri, 1 Mar 1996 22:48:30 -0800 Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 22:48:30 -0800 (PST) From: Bora Akyol X-Sender: bora@lightning.Stanford.EDU To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Getting IP address from a BOOTP Server Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi everyone, At my school, the IP addresses are determined by a bootp server. I am moving to campus and would like to know how freebsd may be able to get the IP address for my freebsd machine from the bootp server. So to repeat, I am running 2.1.0R and have it installed on my hard disk. I am planning on buying an ethernet card and would like to use the ethernet on campus. However, I think I need to use bootp to get dynamically assigned IP addresses at boot time. Once the address is assigned then my machine has that IP address till it is turned off. Any takers on this ? Thanks Bora From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Mar 2 06:50:42 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id GAA17394 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:50:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA17380 for ; Sat, 2 Mar 1996 06:50:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA10358; Sat, 2 Mar 1996 09:50:30 -0500 Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 09:50:29 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: Bora Akyol cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting IP address from a BOOTP Server In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, Bora Akyol wrote: > ethernet on campus. However, I think I need to use bootp to get > dynamically assigned IP addresses at boot time. Once the address is > assigned then my machine has that IP address till it is turned off. > Any takers on this ? Are the addresses *really* dynamic? Here at Indiana University, they use bootp, but the addresses are static. If they are static, you just need to figure out what the address is (I used some dos software the university supplied). Still, a bootp configuration could be handy. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============