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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP Installation Problem
Date: 20 Aug 1996 21:39:45 GMT
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Richard Diz <richardd@mail.vt.edu> wrote:

> I can boot from the floppy and get through all of the setup questions,
> and after I select a site to install from via FTP it gives me a list of
> network options. The problem is that I have a direct connection and it
> only gives me the choice of SLIP, PPP or laplink. It does not give me
> the option to set-up IP for a direct connection.

Seems your network card has not been found at all.  What card do you
use?

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)