From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 11 2:44:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tango.sanbi.ac.za (tango.sanbi.ac.za [196.38.142.79]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2078515933 for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 02:44:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ekow@tango.sanbi.ac.za) Received: from tango.sanbi.ac.za (ziggy.sanbi.ac.za [196.38.142.76]) by tango.sanbi.ac.za (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA23016 for ; Tue, 11 May 1999 11:44:14 +0200 (SAT) Message-ID: <3737FBEC.E3B2B721@tango.sanbi.ac.za> Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:44:12 +0200 From: Ekow Oppon Organization: SANBI X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.5 IP27) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: getting freebsd via ftpHi ! Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi I am a newbie trying to get into freebsd. I have downloaded the the floppies kern.flp and msroot.flp. I have been able to boot with these floppies. However, where it gets to the ftp installation (I do not have a CD rom), I do not know what to put in the following boxes Gateway: IP Address Host : server Domain: Netmask Extra options to iconfig : *Do I have to get an IP address on my box before I can install via ftp ? Which of these do I need ... ppp or slip ? I'm using a network system(i.e. we have a wired network ...which I have connected my computer.) Please come to my aid....anybody Thank you ! I will appreciate a direct reply. PS: I have ascess to a unix box which is also part of the network. Is there a way I can get the installattion on the PC via the SGI irix box ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message