Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:00:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Rostislav Krasny <rosti_bsd@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: PPPoE ADSL connection support during FTP installation with floppies Message-ID: <20041031010015.34408.qmail@web14825.mail.yahoo.com>
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Hi. As you know FreeBSD supports many ways of installation. It can be installed from a local storage medium, such as CD or hard disk. It can also be installed from a network. For example it can be installed from remote FTP or NFS server. But network installation needs a Data Link layer support, such as Ethernet, SLIP or PPP. FreeBSD supports the PPP protocol for analog modems, connected to a serial communication port. But today such analog modems are little used in general and practically are unusable for FreeBSD installation. Instead of slow analog modems people are moving to xDSL and DOCSIS (cable) connection with their Internet providers. They are still using modems, but high-speed digital modems. Most of the ADSL modems can be accessed by the PPPoE protocol. FreeBSD 4.x have an unofficial method of installation from FTP server over a PPPoE connection. I used this method many times and whereas it is unofficial and tricky, I found it handy and useful. I didn't download ISO images but only the floppies images, and during the FTP installation I've download only actually installed parts of the system and of the packages collection. Unfortunately FreeBSD 5.x (at least the upcoming 5.3) have no way of installation over the PPPoE connection. Is it possibly to recover the FTP installation method over PPPoE and make it official and not so tricky in the sysinstall(8) at the future 5.4 or 6.0 versions of FreeBSD? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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