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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!nntp.coast.net!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FTP Install Date: 30 Jul 1996 17:04:08 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 33 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4tlfa8$dqe@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <31FD440D.79F6@gslink.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <31FD440D.79F6@gslink.com>, Steven Schwartz <steve@gslink.com> wrote: >I am trying to install FreeBSD over the net. When I donwnloaded the >boot disk, and wrote it, and then went through the installation, I got >up to the point where it asked me if I was going to install it off of a >PPP or SLIP either COM1 or COM2. I selected COM2 (being my modem com >port) and when I went into the third console, I couldn't get it to dial. >Also, when I was in the terminal, in the third console, I could not do >any modem commands. If I can't get the modem to work during FTP Try typing "show modem" at the third console. It should throw various modem-related info, starting with something like device: /dev/cuaa1 speed: 57600 If it says /dev/cuaa0, then it's got COM1 instead and you need to do "set modem /dev/cuaa1" to correct it. >install, I wanted to download the files that I need to do a HD install >off of a MS-Dos partition. Can someone please tell me what directories >in the ftp.freebsd.org site, that I need to download? Put all the files from the bin directory of ftp.freebsd.org into c:\freebsd\bin and do the same for any other distributions you want to install (eg all the info files would go in c:\freebsd\info). You must have the bin directory for the installation to work, but all the others are optional and can be added later. -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/