Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:48:05 -0600 (Central Standard Time) From: "Blevins, Mandy" <m.blevins@vanderbilt.edu> To: HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation How-to Question Message-ID: <SIMEON.9901081105.B@icl032.vanderbilt.edu> In-Reply-To: <3696409C.50AFC0F@telspace.alcatel.fr>
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Unfortunately the computer that I am installing FreeBSD on is not connected to the net at the moment...and it won't be until FreeBSD is already on there. Therefore, I'd like to know if it is possible to burn all the files to a cd and install it from there. Then I can get onto my cable modem. Mandy On Fri, 08 Jan 1999 18:30:04 +0100 HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr> wrote: > Hello, > > This is what I did for a 'Net install of FreeBSD via a cable modem : > - get a boot floppy for FreeBSD > - boot under M$-Win 95 > - run winipcfg.exe to get Your IP address, the address of your default > router and the one of a Name Server > - reboot with the FreeBSD boot diskette > - set IP config parameters like you just read with winipcfg.exe (as if > these parameters were fixed) > - install from a nearby FreeBSD FTP mirror (my download rate was about > 200 kbyte/s) > - get a DHCP client package (I use wide-DHCP which is easy to setup) > - reboot your new FreeBSD box and configure your DHCP client > > Off you go ..... > > TfH > > (then you will have time to burn a CD) > > "Blevins, Mandy" wrote: > > > I want to install FreeBSD on my computer. However, that > > computer does not have an internet connection at the > > moment. Eventually, it will either be a router/proxy > > server or go through my established router/proxy server (NT > > Server) then to my cable modem, so I will set up an > > ethernet card. But, for the installation, is it ok to > > donload the files necessary to another computer and burn a > > cd for the installation? How would I go about this? > > > > I have a LinkSys Fast Ethernet 10/100 PCI for that > > box...does FreeBSD support that LinkSys card? > > > > Thank you for your time! > > > > Mandy > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > Blevins, Mandy > > Vanderbilt University > > Email: m.blevins@Vanderbilt.Edu > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Blevins, Mandy Vanderbilt University Email: m.blevins@Vanderbilt.Edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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