From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 26 18:11:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA02286 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:11:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line8.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.72]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA02274 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:11:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA00494; Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:11:33 -0800 Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:11:33 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Irvine Short cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP install from CD does not work In-Reply-To: <199603261041.MAA00781@pcmgate.pcm.co.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 26 Mar 1996, Irvine Short wrote: > However, when I try and do an ftp install from another new machine it > successfully logs in and downloads the floppies/root.flp file but > then looks for bin/* files whuch are not there. [...]> > On the cd they are under dists/bin/* and etc. > > So, the directory structure on ftp.freebsd.org and that on the CD > differ. They do. > > How do I then FTP install off the CD like it says in the booklet that > comes with the cd? If you're mounting on an already-setup unix box, try using the "lndir" command to make an image in your ftp server. Then symlink /dists/bin to /bin and whatnot. Give your filesystem a workout but you'll get a functioning ftp site. ** CD BURNERS: Please build the next CD so that it is directly ftp-moutable so we can get the CD, mount it on a machine with a CD, and install to a machine without a CDROM. ** Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major