From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 29 22:29:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA06974 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:29:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA06969 for ; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:29:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA00647; Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:27:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 22:27:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Rodney Johnson cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <32763EF6.76B3@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Rodney Johnson wrote: > 1>A list of the files that are absolutely necessary to breath life into > FreeBSD. I downloaded (FTP) everything in the bin and floppies directory > at the ftp.freebsd.org, but still no luck. At least boot.flp, rawrite.flp, and the bin/ distribution. You'll definitely want more (ie the kernel sources) but that is the __bare__ miniumum. > 2>Instuctions on FTPing, after booting from a modem. I followed the > instructions for FTPing but had no luck. Is there a dial in protocol? I didn't know modems has boot ROMs. :-) Select to linkup via PPP then manipulate ppp manually to connect to your provider. See INSTALL for full details. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major