Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 12:36:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: David Knapp <dknapp@luciamar.k12.ca.us> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Upgrading/Installing behind a firewall Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906221235450.99084-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <376FBDB2.10C31333@luciamar.k12.ca.us>
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On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, David Knapp wrote: > Is it possible to upgrade or install FreeBSD from behind a firewall? I > would like to install 3.2-RELEASE, and am currently using 2.2.6. Is > there a FAQ or instructions with how to do it with a socks 4 proxy? If your firewall allows Passive FTP then you just turn that on in the Options screen. Or, download the install files to another machine and offer the files via anonymous ftp. If you're doing an upgrade, you can slurp the install files right off the local filesystem. Specify the media as 'ufs' and it'll ask for the directory to start searching in. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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