Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 09:30:12 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FTP install from CD Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961120092837.4595E-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199611191359.HAA02578@horton.iaces.com>
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On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Paul T. Root wrote: > 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. > Sounds fair... the documentation suggests that you can FTP from the CD this way though... I'll give the NFS option a try anyway. Thanks for your help. Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= | Carey Nairn | email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au | | Infrastructure Services | phone : (03) 6226 7419 | | Information Technology Services | fax : (03) 6226 7898 | | University of Tasmania. | int'l : (+61 3) | =========================================================================
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