[Preston] IPCop

Wed Nov 6 22:04:05 2002

Thanks a lot Phil, that sounds soooo much easier than the ham fisted
attempts I have been making so far :o)

Thanks a lot

John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards" <philedwards33@hotmail.com>
To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Preston] IPCop


> John
>
> You can't just copy the image to CD but with Easy CD creator 5 the proc=
ess
> of recording the image to disk is easy though not immediately obvious.
>
> First open a new data CD project, but rather than simply drag and drop
your
> iso file you need to use the menu options:
>
> File
> Record CD from CD image
>
> This will recreate the original CD, which will be bootable.
>
> Phil
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John" <john.rushe@btinternet.com>
> To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 11:45 PM
> Subject: [Preston] IPCop
>
>
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for replying......
>
>  My Setup is as follows:
>
>  IBM Cyrix PR166 with 28MB RAM
> 34.1GB Hard drive
> Netgear 32 Bit PCI 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet FA311
>
>  First of all, I had problems creating the actual IPCOP CDROM. I
downloaded
> the 26MB .ISO file from Sourceforge but being fairly new to all this, I
> simply copied it to a CDROM drive using EASY CD CREATOR 5. It didn't bo=
ot
> (of course) so then I downloaded ISOBuster to extract the
directories/files
> in the ISO image and then copy them to a CDR using Easy CD Creator. I
> specified "Make this a boot CDROM" when burning. When I tried to boot f=
rom
> the CD using the CYRIX box, nothing happened. I then decided to try
booting
> from RedHat 7.1 installation CD which worked and installed successfully=
 on
> the IBM/CYRIX machine.
>
> Next, I copied the boot image off the IPCop .ISO download to a floppy a=
nd
> was able to boot from that on the IBM/Cyrix. I tried to get it to insta=
ll
> from CDROM but the CDROM spins but nothing happens. If I eject the CDRO=
M,
I
> am prompted to insert the IPCOP CDROM!!!
>
> Next I tried to boot from the floppy disk again (having also created th=
e
> driver diskette). There are no drivers on the driver diskette for my
netgear
> NIC so I copied the FA311.o file to the driver diskette and tried again.
> However, it didn't appear in the list of available drivers. This means
that
> I never get to the stage of doing a network install as my NIC is never
> recognised. I seem to be in a catch 22 as I can't do a CDROM install no=
r
can
> I do a network install (which admittedly I have never done before and h=
ave
> no experience of).
>
> I think I have a few fundamental misconceptions / misunderstandings abo=
ut
> both burning CD's and performing network installs....
>
> The .iso file that I downloaded from sourceforge, am I right in assumin=
g
> that there is more to it than just copying it out to a CD? (the IPCop
> documentation is not very clear on burning it out to a CD). If so, what
> exactly should appear on the CD after it has been burned if say I were
> browsing it using explorer on windows or if I did an "ls -l" on Linux?
> Should I see directories such as bin, lib etc or should I see
> IPCop-0.1.1.iso for example?
>
> In order to get thr driver for my NIC onto the driver floppy and have t=
he
> IPCop install recognise this new driver, what do I have to do?
>
> Once (If?) I finally get IPCop install to recognise my NIC and apply th=
e
> appropriate driver, what do I need to do with the .iso file that I
> originally downloaded? I have several other machines on my lan: Windows
ME,
> Windows 98 and a Redhat 7.3 box. Do I need to set up an HTTP or FTP ser=
ver
> on one or other boxes in order to "serve" the ".iso" file? Maybe the .i=
so
> file should be extracted first using ISObuster or winimage perhaps? I d=
o
> have samba installed on the RH 7.3 box and have a shared partition on t=
he
> windows ME box of 1.2GB does that help me in any way?
>
> Would really appreciate any help you can give .....
>
> Thanks
>
> John
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Taylor" <steve@ramsbottom.net>
> > To: <preston@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 9:53 PM
> > Subject: RE: [Preston] IPCop
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hi John
> > >
> > > Yes, I've installed IPCOP successfully several times and still run =
it
> > > (though my own connection is now through a homebrew firewall).
> > >
> > > When you say you can't get it to boot from CD or FD, do you mean it
does
> > not
> > > boot, or it does boot, but fails at some stage during startup?
> > >
> > > What NIC are you using?
> > >
> > > I thought most common cards were supported, though I do tend to sti=
ck
> with
> > > cheap Realtek ones wherever possible. If you have a spare PCI slot
stick
> > =A35
> > > worth of 8139 based card in there.
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: preston-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > [mailto:preston-admin@mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of John
> > > Sent: 04 November 2002 18:58
> > > To: preston@mailman.lug.org.uk
> > > Subject: [Preston] IPCop
> > >
> > >
> > > Has anybody managed to install IPCop? I downloaded it in .iso forma=
t
but
> > > haven't been able to get it to boot from CD or from floppy disk... =
I
> tried
> > a
> > > network install but as the driver disk IPCop creates doesn't have a
> driver
> > > for my network card, I thought I would copy my driver onto the driv=
er
> > floppy
> > > and try again... Sadly, it still did not recognise either my NIC or
the
> > > driver so I am feeling a bit miffed!!!! I bought an old IBM/CYRIX t=
o
run
> > > IPCop on so having spalshed out =A325 for the hardwar I was rather
hoping
> > > installing the free software would be a piece of cake!!!
> > >
> > > Any suggestions, tips or advice greatly appreciated...
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
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