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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 22:15:15 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <1808.835932876@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jun 27, 96 08:34:36 pm
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=> 
=> > I would like to clone freebsd at my offics using a net install. How 
=> > do I set  up a server for doing FTP installs?
=> 
=> Easy, just copy a FreeBSD distribution under ~ftp/pub on the server
=> and then select this server under "Other" on the FTP site selection
=> menu as "ftp://yourname/pub"
=> 
=> 						Jordan

I mirrored the freefall.cdrom.com one night using 
NCFtp's recursive ability. 
> get -R *
It ran for the better part of the night over a choked 56k line,
then it was a nice install over local cheaper-net.
One thing I should mention: The base installation worked
perfectly, except when trying to 'post-install' packages. 
It attepted to login as 'ftp' instead of using the name
I had given for 'ftp user name' in the options menu. I had to
add an ftp account, then it worked fine.

Robert

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