From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 11 00:16:54 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA11647 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:16:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from chopin.seattleu.edu (chopin.seattleu.edu [206.81.198.70]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA11638 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:16:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from hodeleri@seattleu.edu) Received: from seattleu.edu ([172.17.41.90]) by chopin.seattleu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA18691; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:16:14 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36C291E1.C9886CFB@seattleu.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:16:33 -0800 From: Eric Hodel X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just a question on a possible installation method... References: <19990211003859.A19988@online.dct.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Mark wrote: > > Hey all -- > > I haven't quite checked this out yet, and currently can't as freebsd.org is > not responding, but is there a way of possibly installing FreeBSD via a cable > modem that is running DHCP, and is 'technically' supposed to change your IP > every 12 hours, even though mine IP as been the same for about a month now? > I'm just hoping that I don't have to lug my machine back to campus, and swipe > a connection for a while, just to install... Your IP only changes if it is unable to renew your license, or that's how it is upposed to work... You'll have to download the BIN distrib to a DOS partition, install it, install DHCP client of choice, then get the rest. Mine (DHCP IP) is set up to change every three days, but I've had the same for well, months. -- Eric Hodel hodeleri@seattleu.edu Where do you want to go today? http://www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message