Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 17:11:10 -0400 From: "SILVER, MICHAEL A" <MSILVER@scana.com> To: "'dgason@mindspring.com'" <dgason@mindspring.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: FTP install using DSL? Message-ID: <DBB3921EFE2AD211A81500A0C9B5FE7605794502@msg04.scana.com>
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I recently kicked off an FTP install over a cable modem, which is practically the same thing. I booted up with floppy boot disks I created on another machine. Once up, my network card was detected and I was asked where I wanted to install from, and I choose FTP. At some point a network dialog popped up with my DHCP assigned IP address, etc. You probably also have your IP address assigned by DHCP, otherwise you will need to find out what it is from Mindspring (it will be blank when the dialog pops up). I typed in a name for my computer and then clicked ok. I then selected the main FTP site. Worked like a champ, however the connection speed was too slow. I was only getting about 30K/s. you will need to get around 100 to make it practical, unless you plan on letting it run for awhile. I may have left out some steps, as I have only installed Free-BSD three times in my life. I was impressed how easy it was to install off the net, or just plain install. ...Michael... -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of dgason@mindspring.com Sent: Monday, July 24, 2000 10:51 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FTP install using DSL? Hi there, I have a new DSL connection from Mindspring. I would like to install FreeBSD on the computer with the DSL connection. Is there any way to do an FTP install using DSL? Any help and examples are greatly appreciated. Here's a little info about my setup: Mindspring has provided me with an Alcatel external DSL modem that connects to my computer via an ethernet card. BellSouth provides the line, Mindspring just resells the DSL service. FYI, I still have my old 56Kbps analog modem still in the machine. Thanks, Dave 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
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