
If you have a direct ethernet connection through your computer (not a dial-up modem connection) you can directly install FreeBSD right over the network once you've made a boot floppy.
boot.flp
here, as well as the
rawrite.exe
program necessary to create a bootable installation floppy for version 2.1.7.
OSBS 2.0 Beta--the Operating System Boot Selector (used in lab), beta release
osbs 1.35--the Operating System Boot Selector, previous stable release
BootEasy 1.7--BootEasy, the default installed during FreeBSD installation