Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:08:48 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jeffrey Vehrs <70673.3111@compuserve.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install via PLIP problem Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9902011107350.13991-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901301116_MC2-6894-1E24@compuserve.com>
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Please don't BCC mailing lists. Thanks. On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Jeffrey Vehrs wrote: > I'm giving you a little background of how it was set up. I have a laptop and > FreeBSD box with laplink cable attached to both. FreeBSD box is the host. It > has the CDROM drive. The goal is to install FreeBSD from the FBSD box w/ > CDROM drive onto the laptop via PLIP. This is how it works: > > iceman <-------> cooljoe > IP address 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4 > > iceman ==> FBSD box w/ CDROM drive(host) > cooljoe ==> laptop > > I was able to ping each other on both boxes. Also, I can FTPs to each > other on both boxes. Now, the problem is that I could NOT install FreeBSD > from iceman thru /stand/sysinstall. > > I've already add 'ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin' via vipw. The > 'err' msg said, "Warning: Can't CD to '2.2.6-RELEASE' distribution on this > FTP server". I can FTP manually to /cdrom without a problem. Did I miss > something here? Unless you instruct otherwise, the installer expects the FreeBSD release to live under /pub/FreeBSD/<version-id>. I suggest making a symlink. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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