From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 12 23:52:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from nowcool.com (FX3-1-119.mgfairfax.rr.com [24.28.200.119]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEA041562D for ; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 23:52:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from question@blink.dhs.org) Received: from localhost (question@localhost) by nowcool.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA01199; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:51:37 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from question@blink.dhs.org) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 02:51:37 -0400 (EDT) From: FreeBSD Question X-Sender: question@nowcool.com To: Donjuma Lee Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: cable modem install In-Reply-To: <37B35CBB.C5A58B49@cse.fau.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Here is a trick. Just write down the "IP" and "gateway" you usually get in windows, and use them for the installation(you need DNS IP too). It SHOULD work(at least for me). otherwise, you need a separate disk that contains dhclient and dhclient-script. Byung On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Donjuma Lee wrote: > the cable modem install is a ftp install. just get your network > settings, > and make sure you have a supported NIC. > > "Scott D. Lancaster" wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > Can anyone tell me how to create a floppy that would allow me to > install > > Freebsd > > from my cable modem. The current docs cover ftp, ppp, afs, ect. I have > > > w95 a scsi > > and a spare disk. It is ready and itching to have freebsd on it. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message