Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:28:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: "kraise ." <kraised@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cdrom filename problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810061427040.19930-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19981005133718.23849.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, kraise . wrote: > Hi, i am having a slight problem w/ my non-official distribution cd. > I read the docs on it and it seems that the files are all supposes to > have lower-case names, like floppies, ports, etc.. well mine are all > FLOPPIES, PORTS, and such... is there a way I can change the filenames? On a burnt CD? I'd love to see that. (And no CD-RWs) Generally you burn the CD on a FreeBSD machine s you get the RockRidge extensions, or I think there is an option to mkisofs that specifies lowercase filenames. > i thought that perhaps i could simply ftp a minimal install, and install > the rest of the stuff by hand, but that won't work either. for one, > FreeBSD thinks my printer is a modem and it also thinks cua0 (COM1 for > DOS peeps) is my modem ppp0 device. well my modem is on cua2 (COM 3) and > i cant figure out how to change that setting in the bootdisk. i am also > on a dynamic IP and i dont have another computer so I cant gateway it... You need to configure pppd's device. See the pppd manpage. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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