Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:23:10 +1100 (EST) From: Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au> To: James <smokey@adl.ussr.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installation problems with freebsd 4.1.1 - both ftp/local cd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010311615550.12722-200000@backup.af.speednet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <MPBBLJLABKFCLAHJNBNGOEJFIAAA.smokey@adl.ussr.net>
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On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, James wrote:
> Setting up the bsd installation program, I put 'any', as the
> distribution, as it can't seem to find "4.1.1-RELEASE"...
>
> It connects to my ftp server fine, downloads /bin/bin.inf, and has
> been sitting there with the message; DEBUG: parsing attributes file
> for distribution bin for the last 20 odd minutes
Setup your FTP server such that the CDROM root is under a directory called
"4.1.1-RELEASE". The install program will ftp to the w2k machine, login,
then try and cd to the distribution directory.
>
> james
> adelaide, south Australia.
>
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:{ andyf@speednet.com.au
Andy Farkas
System Administrator
Speednet Communications
http://www.speednet.com.au/
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