Freesco v0.3.3, released 7/1/2004 http://www.freesco.org/

Files in this archive
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date-uix.tgz		UNIX time client for freesco time server.
date-w32.zip		Windows time client for freesco time server.
freeTimeClient		New Windows time client with graphical interface. Courtesy of Dingetje.
registry4pppoe.zip	The registry modifications for use with PPPoE clients.
make_fd.bat		Batch file to create a fresh freesco floppy disk.
rawrite.exe		Program to write raw disk images to floppy disk. 
safe_fd.bat		Batch file to install the syslinux bootloader in safe mode.
fast_fd.bat		Batch file to reverse the changes made by safe_fd.bat without wiping the disk.
freesco.033		Raw floppy disk image of freesco 0.3.3
syslinux.com		Syslinux installer. (used by safe_fd.bat and fast_fd.bat)
freeTimeClient.exe	Windows time client.
nullmodem.txt		Readme for installing a null modem connection.
nullmodem98.inf		Win98 nullmodem inf file.
pure-ftpd.1.0.12.tar.bz2	Source code for pure-ftpd.
dnsmasq-1.14.tar.gz		License, Docs, source code, and man pages for  dnsmasq
LICENSE.txt		The Freesco license agreement.

To install
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Use make_fd.bat to create a floppy disk, boot from the floppy, type setup, configure your router and reboot.

There are three system passwords you will be asked to set during setup. The "root" login allows you to log on at the local console or via telnet. The initial password for the "root" login is also "root" and the ppp password which is not used, but still set for security. Also if you have the control time server enabled (recommended in "s" mode), you can use the "admin" login from your web browser, the initial password is also "admin".

You can change both passwords later from advanced settings in setup, or change the root password with the passwd command, and change the admin password from the http control panel itself.

If you cannot boot past the messages "loading ramdisk....' or "loading kernel....", you can try running safe_fd.bat - it will rewrite the syslinux bootloader to an already created freesco disk, but in safe mode. This may allow freesco to boot on some machines with buggy or non-standard BIOS's. It will boot slower however.

To install your router on a hard drive you first need to prepare the drive - it should be formatted with a bootable dos partition. (FAT16 or FAT32) Freesco can share the partition with an existing install of DOS or Win3.11/95/98. Everything is installed under a directory called ROUTER, except router.bat which is in the root directory. Other directories/files are left untouched.

Once you have this, boot from the freesco disk, and at the first screen use the mv2hd command. The router and any configuration you've done will be copied to the hard drive. Your system will reboot automaticly when finished. You will need to remove the floppy and either edit autoexec.bat to launch router.bat automatically, or if the drive is otherwise blank you can just rename router.bat to autoexec.bat. Although if you plan on installing packages it is recommended to use a seperate autoexec.bat file and run scandisk in automatic mode, so that it will run at each boot before Freesco starts. 

If you alter your configuration on the hard drive later you can save the changes back to the original floppy disk with the "backup" command. The floppy disk is now still bootable but configured with the updated settings and is useful as a rescue/backup disk. NOTE: addon packages and other extras are not saved.

IMPORTANT!
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If you get a message saying no network cards were found or have other problems with network cards, you probably need to install an extra network card driver module, please download modules-033.zip and consult the documentation in it.

Please refer to the online documentation for any further information.

Help with problems can be found at http://forums.freesco.org/support/
You also can be informed about security/updates to FREESCO by signing up
to the security/update mailing list. Just send an email to 
freesco-announce-subscribe@freesco.info


