From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 8 09:43:40 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA26230 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:43:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mel.alcatel.fr (mel.alcatel.fr [212.208.74.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA26221 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 09:43:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr) Received: from aifhs2.alcatel.fr (mailhub.alcatel.fr [155.132.180.80]) by mel.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP) with ESMTP id SAA30123; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 18:42:53 +0100 Received: from lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (lune.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.144.65]) by aifhs2.alcatel.fr (ALCANET/SMTP2) with ESMTP id SAA21427; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 18:40:29 +0100 (MET) Received: from telss1 (telss1.telspace.alcatel.fr [155.132.51.4]) by lune.telspace.alcatel.fr (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id SAA05257; Fri, 8 Jan 1999 18:19:17 +0100 (MET) Received: from telspace.alcatel.fr (nairobi.telspace.alcatel.fr) by telss1 (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA26205; Fri, 8 Jan 99 18:25:37 +0100 Message-Id: <3696409C.50AFC0F@telspace.alcatel.fr> Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 18:30:04 +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: m.blevins@vanderbilt.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Installation How-to Question References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, This is what I did for a 'Net install of FreeBSD via a cable modem : - get a boot floppy for FreeBSD - boot under M$-Win 95 - run winipcfg.exe to get Your IP address, the address of your default router and the one of a Name Server - reboot with the FreeBSD boot diskette - set IP config parameters like you just read with winipcfg.exe (as if these parameters were fixed) - install from a nearby FreeBSD FTP mirror (my download rate was about 200 kbyte/s) - get a DHCP client package (I use wide-DHCP which is easy to setup) - reboot your new FreeBSD box and configure your DHCP client Off you go ..... TfH (then you will have time to burn a CD) "Blevins, Mandy" wrote: > I want to install FreeBSD on my computer. However, that > computer does not have an internet connection at the > moment. Eventually, it will either be a router/proxy > server or go through my established router/proxy server (NT > Server) then to my cable modem, so I will set up an > ethernet card. But, for the installation, is it ok to > donload the files necessary to another computer and burn a > cd for the installation? How would I go about this? > > I have a LinkSys Fast Ethernet 10/100 PCI for that > box...does FreeBSD support that LinkSys card? > > Thank you for your time! > > Mandy > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Blevins, Mandy > Vanderbilt University > Email: m.blevins@Vanderbilt.Edu > > 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