FreeBSD 2.2.6 Networking

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KenUnix

Hi. I installed FreeBSD 2.2.6 but it does not apparently support DHCP.

I am trying to get it working under Virtualbox 7 as a guest.
Also the mouse acts nuts producing many error messages.
I am trying to set it up as a PS/2 mouse.

The host is Ubuntu 22.04 running Virtualbox 7.

Any help would be appreciated. Ken
 
dhcilent was added to 3.1-STABLE on february 18th 1999: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/commit/530933ad88840c848bef2b09f771ed1aa800ae5b


And FTR:
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smithi said:
Ah, nostalgia ... I installed 2.2.6 in July 1998 as our little network club's server.

A very excellent release to choose, 25 years ago.

Methinks thou yankest our chain ... and we'll never see you again.
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No yankest. I really did install FreeBSD 2.2.6 in a VM under Virtualbox and am trying
to get ethernet support working.

I sure seems to be complete OS. Without DHCP I wonder how to configure ethernet support.

Ken
 
sko said:
dhcilent was added to 3.1-STABLE on february 18th 1999: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-history-repo/commit/530933ad88840c848bef2b09f771ed1aa800ae5b


And FTR:
forums.freebsd.org

Topics about unsupported FreeBSD versions

The FreeBSD Forums cater primarily to end-users and systems administrators. As such, the Forums focus almost exclusively on FreeBSD versions that are officially supported according to the official FreeBSD website. Since resources are scarce, the FreeBSD Forums strongly suggest that anyone asking...
forums.freebsd.org forums.freebsd.org
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So are you suggesting I trash the version I have?
 
Support for 2.2.6 ended about 25 years ago. What are you expecting?
 
KenUnix said:
No yankest. I really did install FreeBSD 2.2.6 in a VM under Virtualbox and am trying
to get ethernet support working.
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Leaving the obvious "why?" and off-topic caveats to others, assuming genuine historical interest ...

KenUnix said:
I sure seems to be complete OS. Without DHCP I wonder how to configure ethernet support.

Ken
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By doing what dhclient does, using ifconfig(8) to assign a suitable subnet and static IPv4 address within the router's network, route(8) to add the default route, and manual configuration of domain, DNS servers etc
(edit: with rc.conf variables).
 
Consider changing the network's Adapter Type to somethig else that's supporrted. I remember having issues with the default adapter and DHCP with VirtualBox a long time ago.
 
derekschrock said:
Consider changing the network's Adapter Type to somethig else that's supporrted.
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How is this going to make an executable appear that was never included in that version of FreeBSD? A DHCP client was added some time during the development of FreeBSD 3.1, it didn't exist before that time. At least not in the base OS, you could install a DHCP client from ports if I recall correctly. Finding a ports tree from that era shouldn't be too difficult, but finding the correct distfiles to actually get it to build will be a challenge.
 
KenUnix said:
Also the mouse acts nuts producing many error messages.
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I just noticed this, and it's REALLY funny because I have these discs from Walnut Creek and I had the exact same problem at the time and it drove me nuts that I couldn't figure out how to get the competing (console and X mouse options) to either work or co-exist at the time.
 
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