Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 12:19:19 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: JB <jrs@Mcs.Net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quick question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971218121636.15979K-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971218104701.28242A-100000@Venus.mcs.net>
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On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, JB wrote: > Dear SIR: > > My name is John Sconiers and I tried to load freebsd on my home > computer. I have had prolems and can't make a ppp connection with my > modem. Is there a way i could download the whole installation package > including xfree86 and install it from my dos partition or can i do > anything else beside buying the cd rom and book from walnut creek. Well, you can do an install from DOS partition. See: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook15.html#15 However, it might be easier to do it in one swell foop by the ppp install. What exactly was the problem? Did the modem connect to your ISP, or couldn't you even access the modem at all? > John > ********************************* > * M C S N E T * > * Johnathan Raymond Sconiers II * > * jrs@mcs.net * > ********************************* *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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