From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Oct 25 13:23:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.rdc1.il.home.com (mail1.rdc1.il.home.com [24.2.1.76]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2B837B479 for ; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:23:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from marx.elvisinthemorning.net ([24.17.229.11]) by mail1.rdc1.il.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with ESMTP id <20001025202338.WYDE20067.mail1.rdc1.il.home.com@marx.elvisinthemorning.net>; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 13:23:38 -0700 Received: (from vcardona@localhost) by marx.elvisinthemorning.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id e9PKO5X29610; Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:24:05 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from vcardona) Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 15:24:05 -0500 From: "Victor R. Cardona" To: erich alfred heine Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing through @home Message-ID: <20001025152405.B29563@home.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from eheine@students.uiuc.edu on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:28:39AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:28:39AM -0500, erich alfred heine wrote: > Im trying to install freebsd (yay) through anonymous FTP. the problem is > i can seem to get my network to install properly. Im a subscriber to the > AT&T@Home (cablemodem) service. I have read the cablemodem howto, as well > as www.freebsddiary.org/athome.html and have not been able to figure out > how to install he dhclient that runs in the Install program. When i > install I am using the menue choices option. Is there an option to go from > there to a CLI. If there is: > #1 how/where do i find it > #2 can i change the dhclient.conf to have: > send hostname "" > #3 If not, how can i do a network install (purchasing the CD is > unfortunately not an option for us broke college kids, and i dont have a > CD-r) Just use the static IP address that they gave you. You can always set up DHCP later. Victor R. Cardona To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message