From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 25 20:45:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA14459 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 20:45:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nemesis.idirect.com (root@nemesis.idirect.com [207.136.80.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA14452 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 20:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hometown.idirect.com (carrera@hometown.idirect.com [207.136.66.27]) by nemesis.idirect.com (8.6.9/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA13027 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 23:44:52 -0400 Received: from localhost (carrera@localhost) by hometown.idirect.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id XAA25730 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 1996 23:42:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: hometown.idirect.com: carrera owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 23:42:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Jason Lixfeld To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installation help! Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I am trying to install FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE I am having a problem that I hope you can assist me with. I am a MAJOR NOVICE with UNIX! :) I have managed to figure out how to create the boot disks, image them, etc.. I have figured out how to sest the freebsd partitions on my drive, ALL of that.. I'm pretty impressed with myself! I am trying to install via modem and anonymous FTP. I ahve selected all the dcorrect options leading me up to the screen that tells me to press ALT+F3 to get to the screen to make the call.. it says that I will only need to enter one command. term. Once I do that, I am LOST!! I do not know what commands to enter to get it to call my ISP and start the download! HELP!! :)