From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 19 20:38:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA02520 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:38:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from wedge.its.utas.edu.au (cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au [131.217.10.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA02495 for ; Tue, 19 Nov 1996 20:37:35 -0800 (PST) Received: (from cp_nairn@localhost) by wedge.its.utas.edu.au (8.8.3/8.6.6) id PAA06795; Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:37:00 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 15:36:59 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn X-Sender: cp_nairn@wedge.its.utas.edu.au Reply-To: Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: FTP install from CD In-Reply-To: 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, 19 Nov 1996, Doug White wrote: > On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Carey Nairn wrote: > > > I am trying to FTP install 2.1.5R from a CD mounted on another machine and > > not having any success. > > Actually, I have an easier solution than NFS: > > Set the FTP Error mode to 'retry' on the Options Page of sysinstall. This > hints it to check some alternate paths, one of which is the CDROM layout. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > Thanks Doug, I'll give it a go when I go home this evening :) 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) | =========================================================================