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Date:      Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:12:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Allen Cleveland <allenc@mindsieve.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvsup without connectivity?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912091510550.4557-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19991209044929.007cc330@mindsieve.com>

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On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Allen Cleveland wrote:

> 
> Ok, it's a strange question. Here is my problem.
> 
> I've got a dialup connection, but no modem in the fbsd box. I've a modem in
> the win box and rsn I'll have a pppoe connection that I want to use the
> fbsd box with. I see that there is support for pppoe via Netgraph in the
> kernel, however to use this, I need to update my kernel and associated
> files. I'd really rather not try to learn modem setup and ppp just to
> update, because I'm guessing I'd need to get something to enable a modem
> connection [that I probably don't have] on the fbsd box [as I never planned
> on using fbsd over a modem].
> 
> Now the question.
> 
> Using windows, is there a way to get *all* the cvsup files on the win box?
> Assume I can ftp over my local private lan to - from the fbsd box to move
> the file[s] to the fbsd box to do the actual update. Assume I don't know of
> any way to use the windows box to act as a gateway for the fbsd box. 
> 
> I installed fbsd 3.1 from an iso image I burned with the win box, and if
> that might be the best way, I'm happy to try that, as well.
> 
> Ideas?

Check the cvsup manpage, there are some flags to make it use only a single
TCP connection, you can run a single port proxy from that port to any cvsup
server on your windows box and have cvsup connect to the windows box.

-Alfred



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