Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 21:10:19 -0500 From: "Ron Hensley" <ronh@intercom.net> To: <ssgalt@yahoo.com>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: new user -config questions Message-ID: <004501c19657$5042f0d0$0273150a@woodstock.lanalyse.com> References: <20020106014439.26791.qmail@web13409.mail.yahoo.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Check out the Handbook at freebsd.org. Here's a link to the section on the Boot Process. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/boot.html - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan Galt" <ssgalt@yahoo.com> To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 8:44 PM Subject: new user -config questions > Hi! > > I'm new to Unix and have just installed FBSD4.4 (via > 4CD set) as a dual boot with W98 on a i386 machine. > Although I've set up some user accounts it is > basically just a single user machine. I have some > questions about configuring and how the boot process > works. > > Besides the kernel what config files are checked at > boot time/login time- rc.conf but anything else? -and > in what order? > > Also, its not clear sometimes what gets changed via a > kernel reconfig, what gets set in rc.conf or other > files, and what about .ko files? > > I'm not sure where to set sound card info (not > detected at install time) or modem info (winmodem - > I've seen mention of a new /comm port.) > Where is the appropriate place to look to set > different kinds of configuration information? > > > The machine is on a home network with other W98 > machines, one of which is set up to 'serve' internet > connections (by dialup connection) via MS Internet > Connection Sharing. Is there going to be a way for me > to configure FreeBSD to use that connection? My other > option is to use dialup direct from the machine > FreeBSD got installed on, but that wont work until I > get the modem configured. > > ===== > Stephan Galt > ssgalt@yahoo.com > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com>; iQA/AwUBPDeyCVFb04N5DzUjEQJFLwCdEVgRkmhXP1t0/84Bvi2cbPnKnFkAoInj 43DtqPktltf8TJDy5lw5AchD =sK5i -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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