From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 10 13:21:42 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ds2.ncweb.com (ds2.ncweb.com [208.198.225.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8B421546B for ; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:21:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dtwood@ncweb.com) Received: from tacodog (a7dial-13.ncweb.com [208.198.226.79]) by ds2.ncweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA03293 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:33:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <013a01bee36d$a2ee01c0$0400a8c0@tacodog> Reply-To: "Dave T-wood" From: "Dave T-wood" To: Subject: Installation of FreeBSD questions.. Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:19:21 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0137_01BEE34C.1ACFD3C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0137_01BEE34C.1ACFD3C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello there. First off, I'm sorry. I'm not by any means new to PC's, = or computers for that matter.. And I have been 'Out of the MS/Intel = world' (I had an Amiga :P) But I am having some serious trouble = installing the OS on a 486 based system (Actually an Intel Pentium = Overdrive).. Here's a rough description.. A 28.8 modem on Com3, = pleanty of HD space (3.1GB), the above noted CPU, 32 MB RAM, 1MB video = (mach32 if it matters).. I rely on a PPP connection to the internet, = sadly no direct or perminent connection here, although the machine in = question is also hooked up to a LAN (okay, got a Linksys 10BT card, = too). I tried to use the modem and PPP program to manually dial my = provider, but it never seems to work. (can't do any AT command or = anything!) So what I wanted to do was d/l the installation files on one = of the LAN'ed PC's (like the one I'm using right now) and install via my = LAN. But I have searched high and low (all the text files) and none of = them say WHAT exactly I need to download to do this! They reference the = CD (would prefer the free download!) and going the FTP route = (again--modem not responding.. BTW - It's a USRobotics 28.8 = Sportster).. Any comments, ideas, or thoughts you have would be greatly = appreciated! Thanks for your time,=20 Dave Thistlewood ------=_NextPart_000_0137_01BEE34C.1ACFD3C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hello there. First off, I'm = sorry. =20 I'm not by any means new to PC's, or computers for that matter.. = And I=20 have been 'Out of the MS/Intel world' (I had an Amiga :P) But I am = having=20 some serious trouble installing the OS on a 486 based system (Actually = an Intel=20 Pentium Overdrive).. Here's a rough description.. A 28.8 = modem on=20 Com3, pleanty of HD space (3.1GB), the above noted CPU, 32 MB RAM, 1MB = video=20 (mach32 if it matters).. I rely on a PPP connection to the = internet, sadly=20 no direct or perminent connection here, although the machine in question = is also=20 hooked up to a LAN (okay, got a Linksys 10BT card, too). I tried = to use=20 the modem and PPP program to manually dial my provider, but it never = seems to=20 work. (can't do any AT command or anything!) So what I = wanted to do=20 was d/l the installation files on one of the LAN'ed PC's (like the one = I'm using=20 right now) and install via my LAN. But I have searched high and = low (all=20 the text files) and none of them say WHAT exactly I need to download to = do=20 this! They reference the CD (would prefer the free download!) and = going=20 the FTP route (again--modem not responding.. BTW - It's a = USRobotics 28.8=20 Sportster).. Any comments, ideas, or thoughts you have would be = greatly=20 appreciated! Thanks for your time,

&nbs= p; =20 Dave Thistlewood

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