From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 3 19:01:33 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA22829 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:01:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from happy.cow.org (happy.cow.org [198.88.20.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA22749 for ; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 19:01:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ravi@happy.cow.org) Received: (from ravi@localhost) by happy.cow.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) id WAA15171; Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:00:41 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19990203220041.B15008@happy.cow.org> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 22:00:41 -0500 From: Ravi Pina To: rick hamell , dready@richmond.infi.net, kphayes@hotmail.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing over network Reply-To: ravi@cow.org References: <36B7952C.40BD6A@kinkos.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from rick hamell on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 06:20:56PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 06:20:56PM -0800, rick hamell wrote: > > I would like to install freebsd onto a dedicated machine (which doesn't > > have a cdrom) over my home peer to peer network. I have two windows95 > > machines connected through a hub. How do I get the freebsd machine to > > install from the freebsd cdrom in the windows95 machine. > > Well, I think you'll it'll be easiest for you to install the > CDROM in to the FreeBSD machine. Other wise you're going to have to find > and install a third party FTP server software for Win95 (If such a thing > exists,) and see if Win95 will be smart enough to figure out that it's > supposed to be sending files. :) > > Rick > Well, with a cross-over ethernet, you may be able to connect the two togerther, setting up the win box as a ftp server. Use whatever IP address you want, but use 255.255.255.255 as the netmask. I'm not sure what the file structure needs to be tho for a ftp server. -r -- finger ravi@happy.cow.org for pgp key "i need to go watch a shitloaf of movies i rented today." -- Kris Wehner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message