From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 09:55:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01AF337B401 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 09:55:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 527F343F75 for ; Wed, 7 May 2003 09:55:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.147.188.198]) by attbi.com (rwcrmhc52) with ESMTP id <2003050716550305200lvadge>; Wed, 7 May 2003 16:55:03 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h47Gt2TU012017; Wed, 7 May 2003 12:55:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id h47Gt2Vi012014; Wed, 7 May 2003 12:55:02 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f Sender: lowell@be-well.no-ip.com To: "Hamza Ben Saleem" References: From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 07 May 2003 12:55:02 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <44r87a7l3t.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 16:55:05 -0000 "Hamza Ben Saleem" writes: > well i am trying to install freebsd 4.8 over NFS and i have > read all the instructions even the handbook but it wont help.This is > my network setup PC1--eth0---cablemodem-eth1--hub;PC2--eth0--hub.PC2 > is the client pc which means on which i am trying to install > freebsd.it asks me for some info like host,gateway,nameserver and ip > addres of this machine and freebsd take care of everything else.I have > tried many times but it doesnt work i get a eror like unable to > transfer the bin distribution from 62.179.205.246:/home/jahlin/4.8 > -RELEASE.If i hold down the alt key together with f4 > it says 62.179.205.246:/home/jahlin/4.8-RELEASE:NFSPROC_NULL:RPC:TIMED > OUT.what could be wrong?and one last question the server acts asa > router as well so i was wondering which ip address should i give pc1 > eth1 or eth0 ?im proving my isp nameserver and gateway address > 192.168.0.1 please help me out thanx in advance It sounds like you're trying to do NFS over the Internet, which is not just very insecure but is quite difficult to get right. If you can get an NFS connection working from the other PC to the host you're trying to use, then you should be able to use that configuration for your install -- but I think that will be a major exercise. The simple thing is probably to try an FTP install instead.