Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2000 11:49:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: =?iso-8859-1?q?Paul=20Jansen?= <vlaero@yahoo.com.au> Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PicoBSD help - dial version Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008031147240.75821-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000801093010.333.qmail@web5103.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, [iso-8859-1] Paul Jansen wrote: > Doug (and others), > > I've been playing around with the 'dial' version of > PicoBSD. I notice on the webpage it says the latest > version is 0.42. But the floppy I have just imaged > (from the download link on the PicoBSD page) says that > it is 0.41. Is there another location to get a newer > build from? The version IDs are unmaintained. The newest is always in the CVS tree in src/release/picobsd. > and choosing 'save' it never seems to do so. Although > when the kernel loads I'm able to use the netcard to > ping or ftp to a node over the network these settings > are not saved after the reboot. I have to go in and > configure the hardware each time. How do I avoid > this? Make sure you mount the actual floppy and not edit the in-memory copy, which is simply on a ramdisk. > Also, after going through the list archives I found a > post which seems to indicate the setting Gateway=YES > in the network section of rc.conf will enable NAT > functionality. Do I then need to set the Default > gateway of other machines on my LAN to the netcard > address of the PicoBSD box, and that's it (assuming > PPP is up and running)? gateway_enable="YES" is required for natd to operate, but it doesn't start natd. If you're using ppp, you want to use the -alias or -nat option anyway; trying to get natd to DTRT with tun0 is a pain. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-small" in the body of the message
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