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Date:      Wed, 3 Jun 1998 12:51:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        charlespeters@tecpro.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp install from my intranet
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980603124901.24361H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199806031616.MAA04560@ais.ais-gwd.com>

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On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Charles A. Peters wrote:

> I have a need to do several FreeBSD installations (2.2.6), and since 
> I had such good luck with the ftp install from ftp.cdrom.com, I 
> thought that I could download the required stuff to one of my local 
> FreeBSD boxes and do a ftp install over my lan (and save some 
> internet bandwith).
> 
> How do I do this?

Nothing special, just fetch the directories as before and arrange them
like they are on the ftp site.  Make ~ftp/pub/FreeBSD/X.Y.Z-RELEASE/
and plunk the files in there. You don't have to grab everything, just the
bits you want to install. Then in the installer, select `other URL' from
the location menu and type in the URL to your archive, ie
ftp://my.machine.com/pub/FreeBSD.  sysinstall will do the rest.


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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