Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 14:38:27 -0500 From: "Will Senn" <wsenn@postfuture.com> To: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "Gerald T. Freymann" <freymann@scaryg.shacknet.nu> Subject: RE: ftp install question Message-ID: <KGEGLPFLDHGNIJLGKLMLAEMJCKAA.wsenn@postfuture.com> In-Reply-To: <015d01c0f503$679d4140$0f01a8c0@phantom>
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Gerald said: - So what exactly are you saying then? You're going to do what, with -your existing computer? Erase it? Then load FreeBSD? Heck no, I figured I would just dual boot the box. I want to evaluate FreeBSD not switch without knowing how it works. Here's the deal, I have a cable modem - right? I could just download the iso(s)... I saw this nifty ftp 2 floppy setup note in the install html doc. I thought that I would try it out, not being the flaky sort it occurred to me that in order to access my ISPs network I have to be able to provide the hostname via a dhcp request. This is becoming typical, but has not always been so. So I requested clarification of the issue on this mailing list. Here we are... I hold out hope that someone knows if I can provide the hostname parameter to dhcp. As the discussion continued - the question became somewhat moot in that I know what the ip and dns servers are (haven't changed yet). So, in all actuallity I can enter them in manually and later change my nic to use dhcp(probably). Anyway, thanks for the assist! Will To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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