From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 8 23:18:06 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA17678 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:18:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles225.castles.com [208.214.165.225]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA17672; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:18:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00596; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:13:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199902090713.XAA00596@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Steve Kargl cc: doconnor@gsoft.com.au (Daniel O'Connor), current@FreeBSD.ORG, wghicks@bellsouth.net, obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: adding DHCP client to src/contrib/ In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Feb 1999 22:37:10 PST." <199902090637.WAA65490@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 23:13:44 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > > On 09-Feb-99 Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > And just WHERE is the package?? Often on an NFS or FTP server, no?? > > > > And just HOW am I to communicate with that NFS or FTP server?? > > > Drop FreeBSD cd-rom into tray (or caddy). > > > mount_cd9660 /dev/cd0a /mnt > > > pkg_add dhcp > > > umount /mnt > > Excuse me sir.. I am but a poor student.. > > > > Or I'd like to play with FreeBSD, but I'd rather not fork out US$30 for something I > > haven't tested. > > > > Cheapbytes. Buying the Cheapbytes disc doesn't support the project, and there's a pretty good chance that the DHCP client won't be on the first disk. Steve; face it, DHCP client functionality is needed by other people. It won't kill you. Live with it. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message