From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 10 12:24:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA19239 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:24:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.videotron.ab.ca (cloak.videotron.ab.ca [206.75.216.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA19234 for ; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 12:24:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rward@netcom.ca) Received: from blade ([24.108.23.151]) by mail.videotron.ab.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with SMTP id AAA4F1A; Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:23:03 -0600 Reply-To: From: "Ryan Ward" To: "Andrew Boothman" , Subject: RE: Installation from Win'95 box via FTP? Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 13:25:13 -0600 Message-ID: <000a01bdf483$b40ebdc0$97176c18@blade.v-wave.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-reply-to: <3.0.5.32.19981010172620.007c9c80@ice.cream.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I originally did my install this way and never had any problems. I dloaded BSD current, made a ftp server on win95 and directed the install to that machine. Worked pretty fast. Ryan > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Andrew Boothman > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 1998 10:26 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Installation from Win'95 box via FTP? > > > Hi! > > I was wondering if it is possible to install from a windows'95 box, which > is sharing the FreeBSD CD1 via FTP? > > Are there any issues reguarding filenames, lengths, etc. ? > > Is it then possible to boot from the boot floppy and give the IP > address of > the Win'95 box, and install from there? > > Many thanks for your kind help!! > -- > Andrew Boothman > http://sour.cream.org > PGP Key Available From Public Servers > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message