pppoe on FBSD ...

[Joshua Lokken]

* Rainer <littlecloud at vif.com> [2004-04-14 22:14]:
> hello,
> 
> i'm new to freebsd with some linux experience - hope i picked the right
> list!

You did, indeed.  Welcome.

 
> got the card, pc card on laptop (supported in your laptop list!), to come up
> at boot, ep0 = address ...
> 
> referred to the handbook and it covers 4.9 ... i got a 4.5 version with the
> 'unleashed' book so it's unclear to me whether the instructions will be
> valid my version? can i simply follow those instructions or is there an
> older version of the handbook for 4.5?
 
The handbook is mostly, if not completely relevant to 4.5, but I would
suggest reading Appendix A of the handbook, esp. A.5, Using CVSup.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html

You can install cvsup from the cds you bought, then use it to update
your source tree and ports (third-party software) collection.  That'll
enable you to upgrade FreeBSD to a more recent version, which will be
a good experience for you, and is a good idea, as 4.5 is rather old
now, and there have been many improvements to the 4.x branch since
then.

Good luck.


-- 
Joshua

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