From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 1 11:00:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA02950 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 11:00:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from science-guy.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (SCIENCE-GUY.NPT.NUWC.NAVY.MIL [129.190.139.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA02942 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 11:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from science-guy.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (localhost.npt.nuwc.navy.mil [127.0.0.1]) by science-guy.npt.nuwc.navy.mil (8.8.6/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA17993; Fri, 1 Aug 1997 13:55:53 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199708011755.NAA17993@science-guy.npt.nuwc.navy.mil> To: alanna@plato.virgil.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Re: installing Date: Fri, 01 Aug 1997 13:55:52 -0400 From: Tod Luginbuhl Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------