From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Mar 2 14:57:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f25.law9.hotmail.com [64.4.9.25]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E65EC37B405 for ; Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:57:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 2 Mar 2002 14:57:28 -0800 Received: from 203.109.250.95 by lw9fd.law9.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:57:28 GMT X-Originating-IP: [203.109.250.95] From: "Joe Blow" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD Installation: Cable Modem + FTP Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:57:28 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Mar 2002 22:57:28.0862 (UTC) FILETIME=[A0BD03E0:01C1C23D] Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello, I recently had broadband cable installed by Telstra Bigpond (Australian provider), which necessitated the removal of FreeBSD 4.3-R and the installation of Win98. Now that the party is over, I want to install FreeBSD 4.5-R via FTP from ftp.freebsd.org or a suitable mirror. I will use the program BPAlogin -- which was developed independently for Unix users of Telstra Bigpond -- to login after I have 4.5 up and running. I've prepared kern.flp and mfsroot.flp per standard procedure. I have all of the network details written down (default gateway, subnet mask, etc.). My questions are: How will I authenticate with the appropriate server during the sysinstall stage? Has anyone reading this performed an FTP install using Telstra Bigpond cable? If so, what did you have to do? I haven't really investigated the authentication protocol(s) or their relationship with DHCP which I know the network uses, so at the moment I'm wondering whether or not it's possible for me to install 4.5 in the aforementioned manner. Thanks in advance. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message