From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 12 19:56:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA25095 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:56:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA25082 for ; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:56:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA22283; Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:56:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 19:56:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Frank Griffith cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Assistance In-Reply-To: <199801071609.JAA21595@idfw.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Frank Griffith wrote: > Thanks for your prompt reply to previous e-mail. I am installing FreeBSD. > I have the drive setup and everything appears that its ready to go on-line > and FTP the files to complete the install. However, when I press Alt+F3 > to examine the connection I see the error: > > Can't create /var/run/tun0.pid No such file or directory. I believe that's a harmless error. > I also could use some more instructions on how to dial-up to the > Internet and get the files. I assume I will dial up my local ISP and > once connected then what? How do I send the commands to the > modem for dialing? Type `term' at the ppp> prompt to drop to your modem, then use AT commands to call out. Use `set device /dev/cuaa?' to set the modem port, with 0=COM1 and 1=COM2. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major