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Date:      Thu, 8 May 1997 05:49:04 -0800 (AKDT)
From:      Steve Howe <un_x@anchorage.net>
To:        "Darren R. Baker" <pisces.iscariot@smashing-pumpkins.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FTP Install PROBLEM
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970508054651.1144H-100000@aak.anchorage.net>
In-Reply-To: <199705080441.AAA15614@ns1.bconnex.ca>

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On Thu, 8 May 1997, Darren R. Baker wrote:

i recommend istalling via DOS if you're a beginner,
that way, you have everything ready to re-install
right away if you mess up!

may want to check out a "FAQ" i wrote up called BSDez
on my WWW site (just for beginners ...)

>         I wonder if you could possibly give me a DETAILED runthrough of how
> to install through FTP, since when I get to the screen that says 'DO NOT
> PRESS ENTER UNTIL YOU ARE FULLY CONNECTED', I hit alt-f3 and 'dial', and it
> immediately says 'dialing - connected', or something of the sort. I also
> don't know if it is detecting my modem properly.
> I have a 33.6 ZOOM, and the settings according to MSD are:
> COM-3
> ADD-3e8h
> IRQ-4
> According to advanced kernel config, they are:
> sio1
> ADD-2f8
> IRQ-3
> but when I set sio2 as 3e8, IRQ4, it doesn't detect it.
> Please help, I'm dying to get FreeBSD installed!
> 
> ---
> "The only comfort I have in death is the knowledge that I have changed the
> world."
> -My Seraphim
> 
> 
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