Subject: Re: Newbie Stuff
To: Chris <smirks@mail.eclipse.net>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/11/1997 14:36:09
> Howdy folks. I just installed 1.2 of NetBSD on my IIvx. Starts up
> perfectly, but I have a few questions about getting some stuff on there.
>
> First, lets say I download some stuff via MacOS using fetch.(Since I
> don't have pppd config'd yet). How would I transfer those files from the
> Mac partition to the A/UX partition? Would I use the install utility, or
> what?
cpin in the installer, and then tar in NetBSD.
> Second, what is the easiest way to configure pppd? And what all has to
> be set for a dynamic ip assignment on connection?
There are a couple of ppp kits on puma. I put one of them together, and
it works fine w/ dynamic addresses as-is.
> Third, how do I change the time zone? When i run 'date' it says GMT
> although I'm in EST.
Check out /etc/localtime. It needs to point to the correct timezone
description file.
Take care,
Bill