Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 14:53:31 -0800 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FTP install of FreeBSD Message-ID: <002501c07e7c$d19018a0$6100000a@vladsempire.net> References: <20010114152641.B283@arrakis.desert-power.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark B. Withers" <mwithers@one.net> To: "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 12:25 PM Subject: FTP install of FreeBSD > I have a question. > > Has anybody done this? > Yes...people do ftp installs all the time. > How does it work? > To make a long story short, you boot the freebsd install program off floppy and then the install program connects to a ftp site and downloads what it needs to do the install...see the freebsd handbook at www.freebsd.org/handbook for more details. > Does it take a long time with a DSL connection? > To do a full install downloads about 600 megs or so. I am guessing that is about 4 hours or so on a typical home DSL. > I've never tried it before, but sure am tempted with an older version > of FreeBSD. Sendmail is nagging me. heh heh > I would go ahead and do it. The ability to do an FTP install is one of the many great features of freebsd. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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