From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 05:59:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id FAA05905 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 05:59:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id FAA05893 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 05:59:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA02578; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 07:59:38 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199611191359.HAA02578@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: FTP install from CD To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 07:59:38 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from Carey Nairn at "Nov 19, 96 03:48:46 pm" X-Organization: !nterprise Networking Services - ACES X-Phone: (612) 663-1979 X-Fax: (612) 663-8030 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 200 S. 5th St., Suite 1100 X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55402 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In a previous message, Carey Nairn said: > Hi, > > I am trying to FTP install 2.1.5R from a CD mounted on another machine and > not having any success. The machine I am installing on to has an NE2000 > clone ethernet card which is identical to the one I have already > running. I am using userconfig (boot -c) to set the correct IRQ, port > etc. for the ethernet card and it is detected at startup OK. Once the > network interface is configured on the new machine I can ping it from my > FTP server machine. The problem is that the new machine can't find the > distributions on the FTP server. I have tried the following options: > > Any suggestions ? As I recall, the CD isn't laid out the same as the ftp sites. Use nfs. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030