Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:43:29 -0400 From: "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> To: "Will Senn" <wsenn@postfuture.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ftp install question Message-ID: <012e01c0f501$e7c650c0$0f01a8c0@phantom> References: <KGEGLPFLDHGNIJLGKLMLOEMBCKAA.wsenn@postfuture.com>
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> I want to do (I think) an ftp install of freebsd. The install > instructions say 'If you plan to install FreeBSD via anonymous > FTP, the only things you will need are the installation floppies. That is most certainly correct. I have done plenty of installs on a computer with just two floppy disks, and a working connection to the Internet on somebody's network. > I am connecting to the internet via a Cable modem, my ISP (ATT) > requires that I pass a hostname parameter to dhcp Well, you can't just connect an empty machine to the cable modem and expect everything to work. Now, if your existing computer was set up to act as a gateway, then you could easily use the two floppies and get out over the net, but from what I gather from your comments, you are screwed as that's not the case. -gf To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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