Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 22:38:53 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> Cc: Jaacen <grendel@fiber.net>, "'FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org'" <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP/Network Installation Question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980702223232.10140C-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980702134323.2285D-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>
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I've done this a couple of times and got it to work by setting the ftp default directory to the location of the freebsd root on an NT workstation. In my case it was a CDROM, but if you were to download onto one of the NT machines I would think it would work OK, too. For instance, on the NT box the freebsd root could be: c:\freebsd and the freebsd binaries would be in: c:\freebsd\bin and so forth. Hope this helps. John On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Jeremy Shaffner wrote: > > You can mirror the necessary files on one of the Win machines on the > local network. Install a ftp daemon (WarFTP, or wsftpd, etc) and > specify your own ftp URL in sysinstall. > > On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Jaacen wrote: > > > I am trying to install 2.2.6 FreeBSD via FTP on an old 486 at work. It has a connection to the internet through the local network. Unfortunately it is behind a firewall and I am having significant difficulties. When I check the 2nd (alt-F2) virtual terminal I see the following: > > ... > > DEBUG: Found DNS entry for ftp.FreeBSD.org successfully... > > DEBUG: Shutdown called for network device de0 > > writing to routing socket: No such process > > Delete net default : not in table > > ... network not reachable. > > the machine does not have a CD-ROM drive and time is an issue (or I would just order the walnut creek CD and find a CD-ROM drive to use). > > What are my options at this point? > > I don't understand NFS??? All other machines on network are MS Windows NT/95. Can I download the files to another machine and use the LAN??? or can I do something differently and use FTP. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > -===================================================================- > Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet > Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium > jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider > support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com > -===================================================================- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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