From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 5 7:15:44 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 5 07:15:40 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.163]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75DEE37B401 for ; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 07:15:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (smtp@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu [141.211.2.152]) by donkeykong.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/4.3-mailhub) with ESMTP id KAA14474; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:15:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (timcm@localhost) by qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu (8.8.8/5.1-client) with ESMTP id KAA29426; Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:15:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 10:15:35 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen X-Sender: timcm@qix.gpcc.itd.umich.edu To: Lane Holcombe Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: There is no beginning or end with freeBSD ... In-Reply-To: <001301c05e83$ecbb52c0$88b93dd0@lholcombe> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Lane Holcombe wrote: > Hi. I'm trying to install FreeBSD via ftp over a PCI Modem or a USB Modem. > I have both and they work "magically" under Windows. Unfortunately as Peter said if the pci is a winmodem, you're SOL. They don't have the correct hardware to be a real modem and only drivers for windows and a few for linux have been written. There is actually one USB modem supported (a 3COM) so that may work. > But there doesn't seem to be a place where I can find out how to configure > these devices BEFORE installing FreeBSD. > Know what I mean? I can't install via FTP because my modem isn't properly > configured, but I can't configure it until .... Well you're actually not in the catch-22 it seems you are. The installation process is where you do this configuring, not before. > I've searched the man pages but those all seem to be discreet pieces of > information about one particular topic. I can find USB but I can't find > modem, and so forth. Have you read through the basic install information at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install.html and especially http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/install-guide.html section 2.2.1.6 ?? read those in detail, and if your modem is not a winmodem, go through the install process by making the floppies and booting from them, then try network installation using ppp (protocol used for modems) it will let you configure it correctly then. It is possible that the install floppies don't have support for USB, even if your USB modem would be able to be used with FreeBSD. Then you wouldn't be able to install over the modem. but could use it after. Then you would have to install another way and then get your USB modem working then. I recommend buying the CD set and using those to install. It will be much easier on you that way. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message