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107 lines
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1998.07.22, Warsaw, Poland
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PicoBSD @VER@ (DIALUP flavor)
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What is PicoBSD?
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It's a one floppy version of FreeBSD (please see http://www.freebsd.org),
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configured mainly for dialup access. It can be used as a means to read your
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mail remotely, or to log in somewhere and do the work there.
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What are minimal requirements?
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* 386SX CPU or better (this release contains also FPU emulator)
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* 8MB RAM - the more the better.
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* Modem sitting on COM1-COM4 (default is to use COM2), if you want to have
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a PPP connection.
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* Network card: compatible with NE2000, or PCI cards with DEC chipsets
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or 3C509 series (ed, ep and de drivers). There is also driver for Intel
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EtherExpress PCI card (fxp), and Lance/PCnet (lnc).
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How to make a dialup connection?
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I recommend running /stand/dialup script, which will additionally configure
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the PPP to allow you to automatically connect to your provider, and
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will make the ppp to run in background. However, if you like to do it
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yourself, or the script doesn't work properly in your case (let me know
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this!), here are the steps you should take:
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1. Go to /etc/ppp directory and edit file ppp.conf (using ee editor). You
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should check at least the port number of your modem (it's configured
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on cuaa1==COM2 by default).
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2. After you're happy with it, start 'ppp' program. Enter the terminal
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mode ('term') - you are now directly connected to your modem, so you
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can normally dial the number using AT commands (e.g. atdt555666777),
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and log in to communictaion server. You should see something like
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this:
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(comm server prompt) login: abial
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(comm server prompt) Password: ********
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Then either the comm server automatically switches to PPP, or you
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should issue a command to tell it to do so (e.g. 'go ppp', 'PPP' or
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other). When PPP is started, you should see something like:
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ppp on pico> Packet mode
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PPP on pico>
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Notice the uppercase PPP - it means that the protocol is up, and now
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you're connected. Congratulations. :-)
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3. Your console is blocked now, but you can use other virtual consoles
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available under Alt-Fn.
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How to configure my Ethernet card?
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Hopefully your ethernet card is supported by PicoBSD kernel, and in case of
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ISA cards you have already set up correctly its parameters in UserConfig
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editor. You can check if PicoBSD found your card by looking into startup
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messages ('dmesg | more').
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The easiest way to do it is to edit /etc/rc.conf file ('ee /etc/rc.conf').
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Find the line which says 'network_interfaces' and add the name of your
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card to the list. Then add yet another line 'ifconfig_<if_name>' which
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actually sets up your IP address and netmask. E.g:
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network_interfaces="lo0 ed0"
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ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1"
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ifconfig_ed0="inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"
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Then you have to set up your default gateway, which is usually the router
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nearest to you (on the same LAN). E.g:
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defaultrouter="192.168.0.100"
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Then you save this information on the floppy with 'update' command, and
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reboot.
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Of course, you can also issue the proper commands by hand:
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ifconfig ed0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
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route add default 192.168.0.100
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Once you do this, you should be able to 'ping' some remote IP address.
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Where to get additional info?
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There is official page of this project at:
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http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/
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You can find some informations there - not too much yet, to be sure... ;-)
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I'll put there also new versions of PicoBSD and bugfixes.
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I'll be glad hearing from you about your experiences with PicoBSD. Thanks.
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Have fun!
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Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl>
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$Id: README.en,v 1.2 1998/09/26 17:27:19 abial Exp $
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