From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Mar 19 11:55:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25354 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:55:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from crism.ne.mediaone.net (crism.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.30.101]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25300 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:55:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from crism@crism.ne.mediaone.net) Received: from crism.ne.mediaone.net (localhost.ne.mediaone.net [127.0.0.1]) by crism.ne.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA08249 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:51:43 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from crism@crism.ne.mediaone.net) Message-Id: <199803191951.OAA08249@crism.ne.mediaone.net> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd Installtion (was Re: Hi) In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Mar 1998 22:58:56 PST." Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 14:51:43 -0500 From: "Christopher R. Maden" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- My installation was fun. I had Win95 because I needed it for the cable modem installation (they won't install if you're running anything else, and they won't let you install it yourself). After it was installed, I downloaded the boot disk image and tried a network install. I though, "This will be really cool." Well, it would have. It turns out that cable modems don't enable the connection unless a DHCP request has been made, so just configuring my network interface with the currently assigned IP address didn't work. I ended up having to borrow the CD from a friend, and it kept failing partway through. (I don't know if it was bad sectors on the HD or a spotty CD-ROM drive.) But it works now, and I'm very happy. - -crism - -- A Microsoft-free household. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: For my public key, finger crism@crism.ne.mediaone.net. iQB1AwUBNRF3SnSaAdkmYoAJAQGBWAL/TVgV1H/0EuIFji2/vOUVPhRQG7KbmwT3 bJVdtJKMb7AbHmeoSQa5XnumVGddd8So0/8YcKuZrGnCiqnjAtU9YB1WbsXLrMwl DZ8Cl/37PtjmxYcfy5kiYBURP3D4F47H =6iEA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message