From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Aug 7 22:44:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA24326 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:44:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from greymalkin.com (root@[206.163.149.219]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA24310 for ; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:44:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from greymalkin.com (rgduvall@greymalkin.com [206.163.149.219]) by greymalkin.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA11022; Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:44:01 -0700 Date: Thu, 7 Aug 1997 22:44:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Richard G. Duvall" To: John Szumowski cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem Installation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Another question: Will FreeBSD run on a Cryx machine? A friend of mine has a cyrix machine, and the boot floppy keeps rebooting the machine on bootup. I doubt that it does work because I know that cyrix does have some compatibility problems, but maybe you can tell me different! See ya... On Thu, 7 Aug 1997, John Szumowski wrote: > You want the isapnptools package. It's at ftp.freebsd.org under the > experimental directory (search the index to find the specific location). > At any rate, a package by the name worked well under Linux (My uncle runs > Red Hat 4.2 and has a SupraExpress). > Good Luck. > > _ _ ___ ______ ______ ______ > | | | | / _ \ | __ \ | __ \ / ____ \ > | |_| | / /_\ \ | |__| | | |__| | | / \ | > | _ | / _____ \ | __ / | ____/ | | | | at javanet dot com > | | | | / / \ \ | | \ \ | | | \____/ | http://www.javanet.com/~harpo > |_| |_| /_/ \_\ |_| \_\ |_| \______/ > > On Wed, 6 Aug 1997, Richard G. Duvall wrote: > > > I have searched all over the www.freebsd.org website for the answer to my > > problem. I gave up, and am deciding to write an email to an "expert" instead. > > > > I have a Supra Express PnP ISA modem. I downloaded the boot.flp file, and > > created the boot floppy. The installation program boots just fine. I make > > the hard drive partitions and everything. I then go to Media and select FTP > > from ftp.freebsd.org, then setup my network. > > > > I am dialing with a modem to an ISP, and IP addresses are assigned > > dynamicly. So, I enter the information in the fields, and leave the IP > > address part blank, and hit "ok". Nothing happens. Isn't it supposed to go > > into a screen to which I can dial my modem? How do I dial my modem so that > > I can install over the network? > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Richard G. Duvall > > > > >