Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:45:14 +0100 From: HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> To: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu> Cc: Mark <markm@online.dct.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just a question on a possible installation method... Message-ID: <36C2989A.85F4ED00@telspace.alcatel.fr> References: <19990211003859.A19988@online.dct.com> <36C291E1.C9886CFB@seattleu.edu>
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Hello, There will be a DHCP client in the forthcoming 3.1-Release boot disk (so you won't have to cheat to install FreeBSD directly from your cable modem network - like I did) TfH Eric Hodel wrote: > > Mark wrote: > > > > Hey all -- > > > > I haven't quite checked this out yet, and currently can't as freebsd.org is > > not responding, but is there a way of possibly installing FreeBSD via a cable > > modem that is running DHCP, and is 'technically' supposed to change your IP > > every 12 hours, even though mine IP as been the same for about a month now? > > I'm just hoping that I don't have to lug my machine back to campus, and swipe > > a connection for a while, just to install... > > Your IP only changes if it is unable to renew your license, or that's > how it is upposed to work... > > You'll have to download the BIN distrib to a DOS partition, install > it, install DHCP client of choice, then get the rest. Mine (DHCP IP) > is set up to change every three days, but I've had the same for well, > months. > > -- > Eric Hodel > hodeleri@seattleu.edu > > Where do you want to go today? http://www.FreeBSD.org > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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