Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:33:24 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Frank Griffith <frankg@idfw.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.2.5 over existing Ethetnet Network+ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980127103120.16462K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <01BD2785.D7CB4B00@dal16-05.ppp.iadfw.net>
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On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Frank Griffith wrote: > I have an ethernet LAN with Win95 workstations. I want to install > FreeBSD 2.2.5 to a machine that's hooked to this network. > > I have downloaded all the files needed (I hope!) and prepared > the boot floppy. The FreeBSD files are on a Win95 workstation > which has an IP address of 192.168.0.2, in a folder called > /pub/FreeBSD. This Win95 workstation is also running a > program called FreewayFTP, an FTP server program I got from > http://www.tucows.com. I have configured the FTP server to > accept anonymous users, and set the IP filter to 0.0.0.0 Have you verified that this is working OK? If it's complaining about logins, it sounds like the FreeBSD box can't login using user `ftp' which should be a synonym for `anonymous'. Check the Options page in FreeBSD Install, you can tune the username used. > The most I have gotten done is to see some kind of error message > on the Win95 machine about login. This only happened once. The > rest of the time, the FreeBSD program can't login to 192.168.0.2. Try hopping over to the debug console (hit ALT-F2) and see exactly what's reported. > Can anyone offer advice here? Is there some FTP Server program > that anyone can recommend that has worked? Another unix box? ;-) > Please note that I have another hard drive which already has > FreeBSD 2.2.5 up and running well. The network cards and > cables in my system have communicated with this hardware > just a few moments ago. So I think we can rule out hardware. You must have missed the `UFS' install type -- you can install straight from that other FreeBSD volume. I think. 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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