From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 11 00:55:08 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA14684 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:55:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper.alcatel.fr [194.133.58.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA14678 for ; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:55:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) Received: from alcatel.fr (gatekeeper-ssn.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.244]) by mailgate.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id JAA00114; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:53:06 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id JAA07047; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:51:48 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id JAA01056; Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:32:07 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr (nairobi.telspace.alcatel.fr) by telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA24938; Thu, 11 Feb 99 09:40:22 +0100 Message-Id: <36C2989A.85F4ED00@telspace.alcatel.fr> Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 09:45:14 +0100 From: HERBELOT Thierry Organization: Alcatel Telspace X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Eric Hodel Cc: Mark , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: just a question on a possible installation method... References: <19990211003859.A19988@online.dct.com> <36C291E1.C9886CFB@seattleu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, There will be a DHCP client in the forthcoming 3.1-Release boot disk (so you won't have to cheat to install FreeBSD directly from your cable modem network - like I did) TfH Eric Hodel wrote: > > 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message