Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:15:21 +0200 From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Sanjay Kisen <Sanjay.Kisen@usa.alcatel.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: handbook downloading Message-ID: <19990919151521.Q3566@daemon.ninth-circle.org> In-Reply-To: <37E2D9E4.A437ED52@usa.alcatel.com> References: <37E2D9E4.A437ED52@usa.alcatel.com>
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* Sanjay Kisen (Sanjay.Kisen@usa.alcatel.com) [990918 05:15]: >Hi, > This is sanjay kisen I have bought freebsd2.2.7 from walnut >creek and freebsd3.0 from mall. I do have these questions. >1. while installing bsd2.2.7 the cd is unable to extract the bin and >after opening I saw the CD was scrached I have missed the bill and I >dont know how to install it . What are you trying to say here? >2. the version 3.0 from mall is working well but I dont have the >handbook how to do the ftp of this hand book and down load from the web. >Let me have the IP adss of the server which is having this. As is stated on http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/index.html: "The latest version of this document is always available from the FreeBSD World Wide Web server. It may also be downloaded in a variety of formats and compression options from the FreeBSD FTP server or one of the numerous mirror sites. You may also want to Search the Handbook." The download URL is: ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc Or pick your nearest mirror. >3. How to activate the soundcard? By reading LINT in /usr/src/sys/i386/conf and probably use device pcm0 >4. How to install the CD rom drive(rewritable).? By screwing it into your case and search lint if it's supported depending on type. Also try to search the -hardware mailinglist for your brand and type. Also install some burn application which support CD-RW's from /usr/ports. HTH, -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl The BSD Programmer's Documentation Project <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>; Network/Security Specialist BSD: Technical excellence at its best We must all hang together, else we shall all hang separately. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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