Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 18:30:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Wouter de Boer <wouter.de.boer@pobox.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to get networked Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970410182548.7002F-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <334D4193.41C67EA6@pobox.com>
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On Thu, 10 Apr 1997, Wouter de Boer wrote: > One computer with an installed FreeBSD 21.7 RELEASE version. This > computer is running as stand-alone server. Installed network card 3com > 509 (ep0 driver). Check. > I conneted this computer with another computer with a clean harddisk and > also one network card. Same as above. OK. How did you link them? If you connect them directly with an Ethernet 10BaseT cable, you need to wire it in a special way, or put it through a hub. > The main computer has a cdrom drive with the 2.1.7 RELEASE cdrom. I have > made a 2.1.7 boot floppy for my new computer and boot from that floppy. > The next step is to transfer the data from the main computer to the new > computer. Can you access it by ftp? ftp localhost user: anonymous password: user@ should get you logged in... > ftp://Amigo/cdrom > > - setup the network interface information > > I choose ep0 > > - The next step is to fill in the Network configuration: > > my questions: > > Host: the hostname of the the main computer (Amigo.Leek) or a new > hostname > > It is filled in with Amigo.Leek so I think it is the host of the main > computer This should be the 'name' of the local workstation. This name must be defined on the nameserver identified below (and thus must be running named). > Domaim: idem > Filled in with Leek I would leave this blank. > Gateway: what to fill in, must I change something in my main computer ?? > > I do nothing This should be the other side. > Name server: idem > > I do nothing > Fill in with the ip address of the other machine (probably 10.0.0.1, whatever you ifconfig'd ep0 to on that machine) > Configuration for interface ep0 > > IP Address: > > 192.168.3.1 (IP Address of my main computer) This should be a different ip, ie 192.168.3.2 > Extra configuration: > > I do nothing OK > First I see a warning about I don't have fille in a gateway, but I don't > know what to do with gateway. > > After that I see a message: > > Couldn't open FTP connection to Amigo. And the installation fails. It doesn't know who 'amigo' is. > So can anybody tell me how to install FreeBSD from my new computer using > a connection to my main computer ?? You need to set up named and tell it the names of amigo and the new workstation. Help is in the Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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