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<! $Id: faq.html,v 1.1.1.1 1998/08/27 17:38:42 abial Exp $ >
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<! $Id: faq.html,v 1.2 1998/08/31 12:28:39 abial Exp $ >
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<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Dinesh Nair">
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@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The PicoBSD FAQ
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<CENTER>
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<HR WIDTH="100%"></CENTER>
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<B>What is PicoBSD ?</B>
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<p><B>What is PicoBSD ?</B></p>
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<P>PicoBSD is a floppy sized version of popular operating system FreeBSD.
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It fits within a single bootable 1.44MB floppy and runs on a minimum i386
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@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ isp. For a description of how each of the flavours differ, take a look
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at the <B><A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">PicoBSD
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home page</A></B>.
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<P><B>What version of FreeBSD is PicoBSD based on ?</B>
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<P><B>What version of FreeBSD is PicoBSD based on ?</B></p>
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<P>PicoBSD has versions based on both FreeBSD 3.0-current and FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE.
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<A HREF="mailto:abial@nask.pl">Andrzej Bialecki</A> maintains the <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">FreeBSD
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@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ it sometimes has a little more functionality than the 3.0-current version</LI>
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As far as possible, both versions will be kept functionally similar, but
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occasionaly divergence may occur.
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<P><B>What can PicoBSD do?</B>
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<P><B>What can PicoBSD do?</B></p>
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<P>With the TCP/IP capabilities of FreeBSD included in and based on the
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strong 4.4BSD TCP/IP stack, PicoBSD can be used as a low cost Network Computer.
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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ i386es as a low cost router or dialin PPP server. With SNMP and firewall
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support built-in, PicoBSD provides the functionality of dedicated routers
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and dialin terminal servers.
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<P><B>What are PicoBSD's minimum requirements?</B>
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<P><B>What are PicoBSD's minimum requirements?</B></p>
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<P>PicoBSD runs on a minimum i386 with 8MB RAM for the dialup flavour and
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10MB RAM for the net and isp flavours. Diskspace requirements are a single
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@ -68,8 +68,11 @@ and dialin terminal servers.
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external or internal.
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For LAN access, an Ethernet NIC (support for 3Com, NE2000 etc available)
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would also be required.
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<p>In case of "router" flavor, its requirements are even smaller: it can
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run in only 4MB of RAM, on a 386SX CPU.</p>
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<P><B>Where do I get PicoBSD?</B> PicoBSD is available at the following
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<P><B>Where do I get PicoBSD?</B></p>
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PicoBSD is available at the following
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locations:
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<UL TYPE=CIRCLE>
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<LI>
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@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ you're interested in mirroring the PicoBSD distribution, please get in
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touch with <A HREF="mailto:dinesh@alphaque.com">Dinesh Nair</A> or
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<A HREF="mailto:abial@nask.pl">Andrzej Bialecki</A>.
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<P><B>How do I copy it to the floppy?</B>
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<P><B>How do I copy it to the floppy?</B></p>
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<P>The binary images provided as part of the PicoBSD distribution are 1.44MB
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sized floppy images. They cannot be copied to a floppy using the <I>MSDOS
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while under Unix you would use something like:
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<UL><B>dd if=picobsd.flp of=/dev/rfd0</B></UL>
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<B>How do I configure dialup PPP access on the Dialup flavour?</B>
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<p><B>How do I configure dialup PPP access on the Dialup flavour?</B></p>
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<P>There is an auto-configuration script to configure PPP dialup access.
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Run <I>/stand/dialup</I> after booting up from the floppy and make the
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relevant menu selections. Once you've tested it to work, you should make
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your changes permanent by committing them to the floppy using <I>/stand/update</I>.
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<P><B>How do I set my DNS server ?</B>
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<P><B>How do I set my DNS server ?</B></p>
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<P>Use the provided <I>/stand/ee</I> editor and edit <I>/etc/resolv.conf</I>.
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Replace the <U>domain</U> with your domain and change the <U>nameserver</U>
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@ -118,7 +121,17 @@ to commit your changes to the floppy.
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<p>NOTE: starting with version 0.4, the <i>dialup</i> scripts asks you to
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set your nameserver as well as default domain name.</p>
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<P><B>How do I set my hostname ?</B>
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<p><b>I can't execute the <i>/stand/update</i> on the "router" floppy.</b></p>
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<p>The "router" floppy doesn't contain any real shell, so some commands work
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differently (and some don't work at all). In order to use this script you
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have to source it in, i.e.:
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<pre>
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(48)/# pwd
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/
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(48)/# . /stand/update
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</pre>
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<P><B>How do I set my hostname ?</B></p>
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<P>Edit /<I>etc/rc.conf</I> and change the value of the <U>hostname</U>
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variable.
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@ -158,7 +171,12 @@ and you should simply ignore the warning.</p>
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<p>None. Either build your own version of PicoBSD, or just install normal
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FreeBSD distribution.</p>
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<P><B>How do I connect using PPP ?</B>
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<p><b>Using version 0.4 I get many strange messages on my console...</b></p>
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<p>This is related in large part to DEVFS subsystem - it is still somewhat
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experimental, and its author left some diagnostics turned on.. They are
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harmless.</p>
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<P><B>How do I connect using PPP ?</B></p>
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<P>Just run the PPP process, <I>/stand/ppp</I>. at the <B>ppp on pico></B>
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prompt, type <U>dial</U> and sit back and wait for the modem to sing it's
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@ -170,7 +188,7 @@ connection if you want to continue to access the Internet. Type <U>help</U
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at the <B>ppp on pico></B> prompt for a list of PPP commands.
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<P><B>The PPP process is running on my screen. How do I use the browser
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or telnet to a host ?</B>
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or telnet to a host ?</B></p>
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<P>PicoBSD has many virtual terminals, 10 on the dialup flavour. You have
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run PPP on the first virtual terminal. You can switch to the others and
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configuration. In effect, anything you change in /etc can be committed
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by running /<I>stand/update</I>.
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<P><B>How come there are no manual pages ?</B>
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<P><B>How come there are no manual pages ?</B></p>
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<P>Well, this is a floppy-sized OS, so there's not enough space for full
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manpages. Instead, short help descriptions are given with the <I>/stand/help</I>
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