Date: Sat, 1 Jul 1995 22:22:00 +0000 From: Ron Steele <rjs@clark.net> To: question freebsd <freebsd-questions@freefall.cdrom.com> Subject: Manual Install? Message-ID: <Pine.3.87.9507012200.B620-0100000@localhost>
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I have about dispared trying to install 0622 SNAP via the menus and am wondering if there is a way to do it manually. I am trying to ftp the distribution from a local 2.0R machine. I am consistanly told the ftp has timed out (which happens in a fraction of a second) or that my enet interface (novell NE2000) can not be configured. On any given boot, either error can occur. When I <ALT> f4 to get to a shell I can ifconfig the interface and ping the server with no problems. Then I find that there is no place to FTP to, as the installation disk is shown a mounted on a directory that apparently does not exist (/mnt and /mnt/usr)! Is this related to the message about the disk being read-only? I have not found a way to change this. Particulars: 2.0R host is dial-up ppp'ed to a Internet provider. The enet card it is is used only for this kind of thing and to transfer data from a note book. There is no name server running. No gateways. The only valid IP address I have is for the ppp connection to the provider, so I am forced to use a made-up one on the enet. The "new" system is an old 386 box to be used as a "firewall" at my employer's. There is no DOS partion as this thing just sits around and talks to networks all day. The new disk is an IDE with a 59MB /, 39MB swap and 135MB /usr, allocated in that order via the install menus. If anyone can help sort this out, either manually or some clues about how to make the install scripts work I would really appreciate it. It's probably just me, but EVERY time I try to do an install, going back to early 386BSD, it is like a bad trip to the dentist. I keep seeing these testimonials about how easy it is to install wonder if I am cursed. Ron
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