From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 26 04:34:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA23116 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 04:34:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from newsguy.com (perry.co.pathlink.com [207.211.168.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA23108 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 04:34:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from reyesf@newsguy.com) Received: (from reyesf@localhost) by newsguy.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA07691; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 04:34:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199806261134.EAA07691@newsguy.com> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" , "Scott Bogert" Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 07:34:00 -0400 Reply-To: "Francisco Reyes" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows 95 (4.0.1111) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: I am confused. Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 26 Jun 1998 01:18:52 -0400, Scott Bogert wrote: >It says in the documentation that the boot floppy (which i have successfully >created) will get and set up the files automatically. You can't mean from a >dial-up isp. All the software for dialing the connection etc. couldn't fit >on one little floppy could it? Yes it can fit into one floppy. I have only done it twice, but dialup installation over a regular modem is supported by FreeBSD. The tricky part may be that you may need to type some ppp settings depending on your ISP. I use IBM.net and in order to install FreeBSD over a modem I need to do a series of settings manually. >if my IP address is >assigned by my server, then how could i know in advance what it is? You don't. How about if you mention your ISP perhaps we could help if we have more specifics. >If i knew what files to download to my windows HDD (I wish to install >FreeBDS on my second HDD) then i would be happy to do that. You can do that too. I think if you look into the handbook that it may tell you what files you need. Which filesystem are you using with windows? I think FreebSD can not read the latest Fat-32(?). You can also copy the files to floppies. Have you considered getting the FreeBSD CDroms. By far this is the easiest. If the budget is tight get a few friends and share the cost of the CDroms. >my c drive, will the boot floppy allow me to install them onto the D: drive? If D is FAT I think it should be ok, although I think you are better off leaving the space unformatted and prepare it with FreeBSD. DO BACKUP all your C data before you work with this. I talk from experience I deleted everything once by mistake. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message