Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 20:46:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Ben Wern <bwern@southeast.net> Cc: questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP Install from MS NT? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960701204543.228N-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19960701143825.45976416@pop.southeast.net>
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On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Ben Wern wrote: > Has anyone here ever had any trouble installing via FTP from a Microsoft NT > server using the CD (2.1)? During installation, it seems to grab the root > image, but doesn't figure out how to get to the bin/ stuff. I attempted to > cludge this by setting the starting point of ftp logins to the DIST > directory - this caused it to install bin/ just fine, but failed miserably > when it tried to move on. I'm assuming this is becuase of a naming or > command structure that MS uses that is non-standard, but I haven't been able > to identify it yet. Any thoughts? Set the ftp error mode to "retry". That will prod sysinstall into trying other directory options, including the proper one for the CDROM layout. 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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