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On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Hans Engren wrote:

> The FreeBSD Bootdisk allows me to use a NFS server for the FreeBSD
> installation. I have not yet found any NFS server which carries the
> FreeBSD Distribution.

Generally, you would set up a local NFS server with the FreeBSD CDROM,
then point your workstation at it.

If you want to install from a remote location, use the FTP install option
and point it at ftp.freebsd.org or the closest mirror to you.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major