From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 29 21:42:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA22724 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:42:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA22691 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:42:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id VAA01564; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:42:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 21:42:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "Michael D. Ankeny Systems Administrator" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP Area In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Michael D. Ankeny Systems Administrator wrote: > > I would like to ftp the files for installation of the basic 2.2.5 system > to my local system an at that point in time run the instal from a local > ftp server..... or is it easier to brave a slow modem connection 28.8 > or less and do it over the net?.. Using a local mirror is much nicer. Just follow the layout on ftp.freebsd.org, select your own URL in the installer, and feed it the IP. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major