From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Jun 5 16:03:13 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id QAA14154 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 16:03:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bitbucket.edmweb.com (bitbucket.edmweb.com [204.244.190.9]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA14135 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 16:03:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by bitbucket.edmweb.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA00293; Wed, 5 Jun 1996 16:02:51 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 16:02:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Reid To: graydon hoare cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD install over the network In-Reply-To: <199606051141.HAA01264@io.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [FBSD vs Solaris question snipped] > Also: has anyone loaded their OS from the network or have you found the > CDROM from walnut creek to be a better route? If you don't have an internet connection yet, or if your connection is not very fast, here's what you do: -Make sure all your machines have a FBSD supported ethernet card -Install a cheap (but FBSD supported) CDROM drive on _one_ machine -Use the Walnut Creek CD to install FBSD on the machine with the CDROM -Set up the machine with the CDROM drive so that the /cdrom dir is available for anonymous FTP -Install FBSD on the other machines via FTP from the local CDROM machine Werks grate. Probably the fastest installation, and only requires one CDROM drive. ===================================================================== | Steve Reid - SysAdmin & Pres, EDM Web (http://www.edmweb.com/) | | Email: steve@edmweb.com Home Page: http://www.edmweb.com/steve/ | | PGP (2048/9F317269) Fingerprint: 11C89D1CD67287E68C09EC52443F8830 | | -- Disclaimer: JMHO, YMMV, TANSTAAFL, IANAL. -- | ===================================================================:)