Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 09:32:18 -0800 From: richard childers <fscked@pacbell.net> To: Tyler K McGeorge <treznor@sunflower.com> Cc: scott taylor <scott@linuxmail.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install over network Message-ID: <3AA27C21.79587626@pacbell.net> References: <20010304053216.80615.qmail@linuxmail.org> <000601c0a474$077d7d00$103b7c18@palisor.yi.org>
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I do not believe this is a true statement. More precisely, during the boot process, you have an opportunity to "View/Set various installation options", as the menu states. In this menu you can set the FTP user (default is 'ftp'; for grins, you could change it to 'anonymous' and things would probably still work). Further on, when you select FTP as the installation media, it asks you to specify an IP address, and, if memory serves me correctly, a path to the installation root. I have used this in the past, in conjunction with another FreeBSD server, to create an FTP server at home containing the entire installation tree for a specific release of FreeBSD (painfully downloaded via 56k :-), and have installed via FTP locally. I've done this a few times, now. Provided the DOS-based FTP server behaves correctly, I see no problems; maybe some gotchas with the pathnames containing "/" versus "\", though. (Wouldn't that be a PITA.) Recent releases may differ; but I would be astonished as this would represent a retreat from the principles of modularity and flexibility that UNIX (and FreeBSD) are renowned for. -- richard Tyler K McGeorge wrote: > Well, the FTP install media actually reads specifically from the FreeBSD FTP > (ftp.freebsd.org) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: scott taylor <scott@linuxmail.org> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 11:32 PM > Subject: install over network > > | I have one computer running win2000 that has an ftp server installed. I > coppied the files off the cd to the hard drive so that the ftp server shares > them. Now I want to install over an ethernet connection. > | > | In the install program all I see is serial, slip and ppp - I don't see > ethernet. How can I install over the network? > | > | > | Thanks, > | Scott Taylor > | -- > | Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org > | > | > | Powered by Outblaze > | > | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > | > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Richard A. Childers Senor UNIX Administrator fscked@pacbell.net (email) 203.556.8471 (voice/msgs) # Providing administrative expertise (not 'damage control') since 1986. # PGP fingerprint: 7EFF 164A E878 7B04 8E9F 32B6 72C2 D8A2 582C 4AFA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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