Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 13:55:52 -0400 From: Tod Luginbuhl <tod@science-guy.npt.nuwc.navy.mil> To: alanna@plato.virgil.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Re: installing Message-ID: <199708011755.NAA17993@science-guy.npt.nuwc.navy.mil>
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>alanna asked: > > is there any way to install FreeBSD via ftp over an ethernet > > connection because I called Walnut Creek and they told me the only > > way to do it was through a modem..... > > > > thanks..... > Nick Thille responed... > >Absolutely. As you go through the installation program it should >offer you the choice of using the ethernet interface on your PC (as >long as the kernel has a driver for it and you didn't disable it when >you were resolving conflicts). > >It will then ask you for configuration information for the interface >and go get the distribution. Works great. > Alanna, I suggest you look at the installation instructions on the FreeBSD website: http://www.freebsd.org. It may save you some time and pain. Tod -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tod Luginbuhl email: t.e.luginbuhl@ieee.org Code 2121 Naval Undersea Warfare Center Telephone: (401) 841-7505 x38241 1176 Howell Street FAX: (401) 841-7453 Newport, Rhode Island USA "Don't argue with drunks and fanatics!" -- Sun Wolf (Barbara Hambly) --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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