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From: brandi@eden.rutgers.edu (Stephen Brandi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: FTPing FreeBSD
Date: 11 May 1995 12:29:59 -0400
Organization: Rutgers University
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <3ote27$c86@er6.rutgers.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: er6.rutgers.edu
Keywords: FTP

I've been trying to install FreeBSD on my computer, on a second drive,
mainly to see how it compares to Linux (which I have installed many times
on different machines). I copied the boot.flp and cpio.flp and reformatted
the drive, and all seems to be OK, but I can't set up a SLIP connection
from the installation program to FTP the OS. The installation program
tells me that I can send commands to my modem to set up the connection
but then skips quickly to the next screen when I hit OK (me thinking that
I will be able to talk to my modem at that point). I tried hitting ESC
twice and messing around with cu at the subshell, but it doesn't seem to 
like anything I try.

What am I missing here? Are there any step by step instructions, or
at least some help beyond the FAQs and INSTALL files that I have.

Any help would be appreciated.

Steve Brandi
brandi@eden.rutgers.edu
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