Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 16:10:15 GMT From: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/73479: Handbook gives incomplete suggestion on install from local FTP Message-ID: <200411031610.iA3GAFgc025619@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200411031610.iA3GAYOY019341@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 73479 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Handbook gives incomplete suggestion on install from local FTP >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 03 16:10:33 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Paul Hoffman >Release: 4.10 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: In the handbook, "2.13.2 Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disk" says "Anyone with network connectivity to your machine can now chose a media type of FTP and type in ftp://your machine after picking ``Other'' in the FTP sites menu during the install." What it doesn't say is that you *also* need to go into the Options menu and change distribution name to "any". That is true for at least 4.9 and 4.10 CDs. >How-To-Repeat: Try installing following the directions, and you'll fail because it can't find the distribution. >Fix: Add a sentence to the section that tells the user to also change the option before executing. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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