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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: SLIP installation
Date: 4 Nov 1993 22:32:56 +1030
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In article <CFrwIB.4qG@cnsnews.Colorado.EDU> ramzi@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Ramzi Al-Majid) writes:
>
>is it possible to install *BSD using a SLIP connection, just like the
>way it use to be with 386BSD ? i could not find any reference to that
>in the installation notes. 

You should be able to do it with FreeBSD, seeing as how the slattach
command is included on the install disks.

It would be rather slow though, no?

    - mark
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