ok...
#vi /boot/loader.conf
gives Read-only file system. once i added in the above...
i found a page recommending to do this to another that had the same problem...
mount -rw /
vi /boot/loader.conf
hit 'i' to enter interactive or insert mode
make any desired changes, hit 'esc' to get out of...
no loader.conf in /boot
vi /boot/loader.conf
gives:
new file and is empty
I don't think I should be starting a loader.confnew...
that doesn't sound right at all???
/boot
has:
loader
loader.4th
loader.help
loader.rc
I am guilty of not working on this today thanks for staying with me...
Ok I will try to respond to posts in order and thanks...
Quoting dice:
I added as possessive e.g. name of network = Joe Blow's Network and it shows up like that in software and on network list, taking it out didn't make a difference...
vi /etc/rc.conf
gives:
sendmail_enable="NONE"...
That's what it is in most linux distros. When I had it (FreeBSD 9) installed before (before I did a re(fresh)-install) it didn't like it and I have learned FreeBSD boots into csh until you load bash, zsh, others into it. I will try on this install again thanks.
\antiprop/
ifconfig wlan create wlandev iwi0 ssid my_net up
gives:
Unmatched'.
therefore,
dhclient wlan
gives:
ifconfig: interface wlan does not exist
ls /usr/sbin
wlandebug
wlconfig
wpa_cli
wpa_passphrase
wpa_supplicant
none of which are any help
I am going back to man iwi to see if I can find...
newbie here,
did a new install of FreeBSD 9 on older dell inspiron, I need to use an open wifi connection to get networking up and running, I connect to it all the time but I don't know the person. It's an open network daily on my available networks list. Install said it completed fine but...
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