From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Oct 30 3:16:35 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from atkielski.com (atkielski.com [161.58.232.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E952437B401 for ; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 03:16:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from contactdish (ASt-Lambert-101-2-1-14.abo.wanadoo.fr [193.251.59.14]) by atkielski.com (8.11.6) id f9UBGFe41887; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:16:15 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <010201c16134$53020700$0a00000a@contactdish> From: "Anthony Atkielski" To: References: <3.0.5.32.20011029080008.00fa6e38@mail.sage-american.com> <006b01c160cd$4df664c0$0a00000a@contactdish> <20011030093228.B810@xs4all.nl> Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:16:27 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 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 Are you downloading using the same machine you are installing, and are you using PPTP to get to the Net through your DSL connection? ----- Original Message ----- From: "William S." To: "Anthony Atkielski" ; Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 09:32 Subject: Re: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD > I am in the process of downloading FreeBSD using my broadband > ADSL connection through xs4all in the Netherlands. > > I have dl'd the /base (using my Linux sys) and a few other directories onto a > DOS partition that I will setup the initial install with. > In addition to this I have the /ports on the DOS partition > as well as the distfile for net/mpd-netgraph. Hopefully, > with mpd installed I will be able to use my isdn/adsl modem > and download the rest of the FreeBSD ports, etc. > > I am backing up some old files now but hope to have it > done by the end of the week. > > Bill > Amsterdam, NL > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:59:00PM +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > > > > No easy way to create boot floppies with Windows NT. And since I'd be > > installing on a completely blank machine, I'm not sure how I'd be able to FTP > > anywhere to get the rest. I have a broadband connection that requires that I > > connect to my provider with PPTP. > > > > (Can anyone tell me if there are PPTP drivers for FreeBSD, so that I could > > connect to the Net over my DSL connection from the UNIX box?) > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message