Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 08:16:22 -0500 From: "Doug Poland" <dpoland@execpc.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FTP Install over LAN problem Message-ID: <000001be988b$e89ef440$7a01140a@egypt>
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Greetings, I'm trying to install 3.1-RELEASE across my home network. This is what I've done... Host: 1. 3.1-RELEASE CD-ROM is mounted on 1.1.1.1 on /cdrom 2. used vipw to add ftp:*:99:99:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin to /etc/passwd 3. NIC is running on 1.1.1.1 4. linked /cdrom to /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/3.1-RELEASE Client: 1. booted off two floppies 2. choose FTP as media (URL ftp://1.1.1.1/pub/FreeBSD) 3. choose my 3COM 3C509 NIC as interface ( ep0 ) 4. Network config as follows: Host: 1.1.1.1 Domain: 1.1.1 Gateway: NO Name Server: IP Address: 1.1.1.2 Netmask: 255.255.0.0 The error message I get is: Couldn't extract the following distributions. This may be because they were not available on the installation media you've choosen: bin [ OK ] I've tried various combinations of users and directory locations but to no avail. Any ideas? -- Doug Poland dpoland@execpc.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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