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Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 20:20:21 +0100
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From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com>
Subject: install.sgml - Passive FTP
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I recently tried to install over passive FTP, and found it difficult to
understand how to do it from the handbook.  I suggest the following
re-wording and extension to make it clearer. (Context diff from the version
in -current)

*** install.sgml	Wed Jan  1 00:13:42 1997
--- install.new.sgml	Tue Jan  7 20:11:41 1997
***************
*** 669,682 ****
  
  	    <quote><bf>Note:</bf> Active and passive modes are
  	      not the same as a `proxy' connection, where a proxy
! 	      ftp server is listening on a different port!</quote>
  
! 	    In such instances, you should specify the URL as something like:
  <tscreen><verb>
  ftp://foo.bar.com:1234/pub/FreeBSD
  </verb></tscreen>
! 
!         Where ``1234'' is the port number of the proxy ftp server.
  
      <sect><heading>Installing FreeBSD</heading>
  
--- 669,694 ----
  
  	    <quote><bf>Note:</bf> Active and passive modes are
  	      not the same as a `proxy' connection, where a proxy
! 	      FTP server is listening and forwarding FTP requests!</quote>
  
!             For a proxy FTP server, you should usually give name of
! 	    the server you really want as a part of the username,
! 	    after an @-sign.  The proxy server then 'fakes' the real
! 	    server.  An example: Say you want to install from
! 	    ftp.freebsd.org, using the proxy FTP server foo.bar.com,
! 	    listening on port 1234.
! 
! 	    In this case, you go to the options menu, set the FTP
! 	    username to ftp@ftp.freebsd.org, and the password to your
! 	    e-mail address.  As your installation media, you specify
! 	    FTP (or passive FTP, if the proxy support it), and the URL
  <tscreen><verb>
  ftp://foo.bar.com:1234/pub/FreeBSD
  </verb></tscreen>
!             /pub/FreeBSD from ftp.freebsd.org is proxied under
! 	    foo.bar.com, allowing you to install from _that_ machine
! 	    (which fetch the files from ftp.freebsd.org as your
! 	    installation requests them).
  
      <sect><heading>Installing FreeBSD</heading>
  

Eivind Eklund / perhaps@yes.no / http://maybe.yes.no/perhaps/