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From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: FTP install from CD
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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

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