FREESCO FAQ

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• Where can I find the manual?
  The official FREESCO 0.3.x manual can be found at http://freesco.info/home/man/It's available in several languages.In addition to this official manual a FREESCO DokuWiki has been started ...
• When you boot the 03x floppy there's a choice to boot to shell only. How do you mount the hard disk to make repairs?
  Q: When you boot the 03x floppy there's a choice to boot to shell only. How do you mount the hard disk to make repairs?A: ...
• When launching a new application I get : "Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client"
  1. Connect to mysql from console with : mysql -u root -p 2 . type password, then mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR -> 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd'); where some_user is ...
• What is the maximum hard disk size ?
  The maximum hard disk size in FREESCO v0.2.0 to v0.3.7 is 137GB FREESCO v0.3.8+ systems the maximum size is 2TB, ...
• Where can I find a good beginners how-to?
  Try A FREESCO is born ...
• What commands are available?
  FREESCO offers quite a lot of commands off-the-shelf, which can be quite confusing for a newbie. What do all these obscure named files in /bin ...
• When I log in (telnet) with a newly created user, I get garbage on my screen.
  The adduser in FREESCO 0.2.7 is actually meant to allow new users to use dialin services. In order to change that you need to edit /etc/passwd ...
• What is the team behind FREESCO 0.2.7?
  Freesco 0.2.x Team Serge Storozhevykh serg@freesco.org U.A.E./Russia Original idea, realization, developing Jason Lin jason@freesco.org USA Maintaining knowledge ...
• When I log in (telnet) with a newly created user, I get garbage on my screen.
  The adduser in FREESCO 027 is actually meant to allow new users to use dialin services. In order to change that you need to edit two ...
• Why does FREESCO redial every 20 minutes ?
  You probably have a Win9x host on your lan, and it is checking names every so often. The gist of the deal is this: Set your Win9x ...
• Why does my network card not get detected ?
  Things to check:Make sure it's compatible with Freesco. Read the list of supported cards inside the documentation that comes with freesco-027.zip and modules-027.zip.Make sure it's ...
• Why does my router automatically dial my ISP when I log into my Windows machines on the network, even though I have not tried to access any internet resources ?
  This is caused by the computers trying to use TCP/IP as the default protocol / file sharing protocol, which Freesco sees as Internet activity. Either:use ...
• What is the correct spelling of FREESCO?
  See this thread on the offical forum. Hello all,I have seen this come up again in a few different places. I have made comments to ...
• What is the maximum username/password length in FREESCO?
  The maximum is 8 characters, so there's no need to use longer passwords.Make sure those first 8 characters are good, strong, hard to guess, passwords though! ...
• Where can I download FREESCO?
  FREESCO can best be downloaded from http://freesco.sourceforge.net/Make sure to download also the matching modules-xxx archive. Those archives contain additional network drivers. ...
• Where can I get a copy of DOS?
  FREESCO must be installed on top of a FAT16 or FAT32 partition, so you need either a DOS or Win9x boot floppy to prepare the ...
• Why is FREESCO still using this old 2.0 kernel?
  Mainly because the 2.0 kernel is small enough to fit on a floppy and still have enough room for all the other goodies that are packed ...
• Where can I find additional kernels for my FREESCO?
  I've prepared a kernels page, with most of the available kernels for the various FREESCO versions. Make sure to read the README file found on ...
• Who are the authors of FREESCO?
  Serge V. Storozhebykh is the founding father of FREESCO and actively maintained it upto FREESCO 0.2.7. He's retired now and turned the project over to:The 0.3.x ...
• Where does the name FREESCO come from?
  It's name is derived from FREE ciSCO, and *is not* associated in any way with the SCO Unix operating system. ...
• What are the requirements for FREESCO?
  386sx (486 or newer recommended) RAM - 8Mb minimum FDD - 1.44Mb HDD - optional, but recommended for large package installs and add-ons modem - optional, hardware controlled, winmodems ...
• Why are kill signal names not working (f.i. kill -HUP)?
  The FREESCO kill command is a stripped down version of the kill command (all to safe space on the floppy). This means the kill signal names ...
• When to use "cross over" or normal CAT5 cables
  Crossover vs. Straight Through Cables (When to use each) --- Note: NIC = Network Interface Card, HS = Hub/Switch Use a crossover cable in the following situations:NIC-to-NIC NIC-to-HS uplink port HS ...
• Why does my router automatically dial my ISP when I log into my Windows machines?
  Why does my router automatically dial my ISP when I log into my Windows machines on the network, even though I have not tried to access any ...
• Why do I have to reset the modem and what's this story about MAC addresses ?
  A MAC (Media Access Control) Address is a unique identifier. You can have 10 of the same NICs, but each one has it's own MAC. They're ...
• Where can I get a list of ports and how they are used ?
  To see what port is doing what, look here . ...
• Why does FREESCO dialout even when I'm sure I'm not accessing any web page?
  This is caused by client computers trying to use TCP/IP as the default protocol / file sharing protocol, which FREESCO sees as Internet activity. Either: use NetBEUI or ...
• Where can I find a free replacement for ms-dos ?
  Well one of the best solution is to use FREEDOS, available here.Install and configuration are easy enough, and it is perfect if you don't  want ...
• Why does my keyboard swap characters that I type around? (e.g. press # and $ is shown on screen)
  This is invariably due to using a keyboard with a language other than US. Different language keyboards (among which even UK keyboards are included) have ...
• Why does my modem not get detected?
  Things to check:Make sure it's not a winmodem. Check the list at http://start.at/modem to see if your modem is compatible with Linux. Most cheap internal ...
• Why can't I boot past the messages "loading ramdisk....' or "loading kernel...."?
  This is usually caused by an old, non-standard or buggy BIOS. You can try to get around this by re-inserting the Freesco disk into the ...
• Why does the screen going blank after "loading kernel...."?
  If you have problems with the screen going blank after the point "loading kernel...." which the above solution does not fix, your video card may ...
• Why won't Freesco boot without a monitor / keyboard?
  This is normally not a Freesco problem at all but a BIOS problem. Many BIOS's, by default, report an error if they do not have ...
• Why do I find the disk is suddenly read-only or get the message "mounting root filesystem as read-only" or similar?
  First off, check the disk isn't read-only. If it's a floppy, make sure that one of the holes in the disk should be closed by ...
• why can't I login to the web control panel?
  Always got the same error msg: Access Denied. Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you ...
• What is the syntax of a crontab line?
  A crontab line looks like this: * * * * * command to be executed ...
• What is cron?
  cron (actually crond) is a process running in background that can be used to execute commands at a certain moment in time.cron is a default ...
• What is the maximum supported hard disk size?
  This thread in the FREESCO support forum is worth looking at. The thread is posted in the 027 section, but the information is also valid ...
• Where can I find tutorials for linux script programming?
  Here are some good starting points: http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Unix/Shell/Scripting/http://www.shelldorado.com/be aware that most of these tutorials are based on the bash shell and not the default shell (based ...
• What type of firewall is FREESCO using?
  FREESCO is a linux based on the 2.0 kernel and is using a firewall based on ipfwadmRelated FAQs:IPFWADM mini-howto What is ipfwadm?Where can I find ...
• What does 'kernel: MASQ: failed TCP/UDP checksum from x.x.x.x' mean?
  This is due to a damaged packet arriving at your machine. This packet didn't quite make it intact across the Internet / your network and the router ...
• Where can I find the FAQ for ipfwadm?
  ipfwadm is the admin control tool for the FREESCO firewall. The FAQ for ipfwadm can be found at:http://www.fwtk.org/ipfwadm/faq/ipfwadm-faq.htmlThe FAQ is also mirrored on this server:http://dingetje.homeip.net/howto/ipfwadm/ ...
• What is ipfwadm?
  Take a look at http://www.xos.nl/resources/ipfwadm/Ipfwadm is a utility to administer the IP accounting and firewall services offered by the Linux kernel. It should be used in combination ...
• What is the SMB protocol?
  This is a big question. The very short answer is that it is the protocol by which a lot of PC-related machines share files and ...
• What windoze SSH client can you recommend?
  That'll be PuTTY: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/Another terminal emulator that supports SSH is Tera Term, can be downloaded from:http://www.ayera.com/teraterm/based on the orignal Tera Term that can be found ...
• Where can I find add-on packages for FREESCO?
  The main FREESCO packages site is http://www.FREESCOSoft.comVia the main page, pick the mirror that's closest to your location.Also check out the "3rd Party Packages Announcement" ...
• What do I have to do to make OpenSSH open for the internet?
  By default (like all good packages) the OpenSSH server is closed to the internet side of your FREESCO box. This is done by adding a ...
• What is SAMBA?
  SAMBA is an add-on package for FREESCO that will add network share connectivity for windoze clients. Samba is software that can be run on a ...
• Where can I find exim package for FREESCO 03x?
  Maine-iac has ported the exim, teapop and fetchmail packages for use with FREESCO 0.3.x. His page can be found at http://members.cox.net/maine-iac/ The packages are also mirrored on ...
• What do I need to develop stuff for FREESCO?
  Since FREESCO doesn't come with the required development tools (it's a router, remember?),  you'll need to configure another PC as development station. Zipslack 3.9 is the ...
• Where can I download zipslack 3.9?
  Click the link below: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-3.9/zipslack/zipslack.zipIt's aprox. 37Mb in size. ...
• Why does Apache need a new kernel?
  The stock FREESCO kernel doesn't have support for shared memory, or SysV IPC support. This is done to safe space on the floppy.Kernels for use ...
• When launching a new application I get : "Client does not support authentication protocol requested by server; consider upgrading MySQL client"
  1. Connect to mysql from console with : mysql -u root -p 2 . type password, then mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR -> 'some_user'@'some_host' = OLD_PASSWORD('newpwd'); where some_user is ...
• Where can I find the manual?
  The official FREESCO 0.3.x manual can be found at http://freesco.info/home/man/It's available in several languages.In addition to this official manual a FREESCO DokuWiki has been started ...
• What type of firewall is FREESCO using?
  FREESCO is a linux based on the 2.0 kernel and is using a firewall based on ipfwadmRelated FAQs:IPFWADM mini-howto What is ipfwadm?Where can I find ...
• Where can I find add-on packages for FREESCO?
  The main FREESCO packages site is http://www.FREESCOSoft.comVia the main page, pick the mirror that's closest to your location.Also check out the "3rd Party Packages Announcement" ...
• What is SAMBA?
  SAMBA is an add-on package for FREESCO that will add network share connectivity for windoze clients. Samba is software that can be run on a ...
• Where can I find exim package for FREESCO 03x?
  Maine-iac has ported the exim, teapop and fetchmail packages for use with FREESCO 0.3.x. His page can be found at http://members.cox.net/maine-iac/ The packages are also mirrored on ...
• What do I need to develop stuff for FREESCO?
  Since FREESCO doesn't come with the required development tools (it's a router, remember?),  you'll need to configure another PC as development station. Zipslack 3.9 is the ...
• Where can I download zipslack 3.9?
  Click the link below: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-3.9/zipslack/zipslack.zipIt's aprox. 37Mb in size. ...
• Why does Apache need a new kernel?
  The stock FREESCO kernel doesn't have support for shared memory, or SysV IPC support. This is done to safe space on the floppy.Kernels for use ...