Date: Tue, 19 Nov 1996 15:48:46 +1100 (EST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FTP install from CD Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.961119153444.22170I-100000@wedge.its.utas.edu.au>
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Hi, I am trying to FTP install 2.1.5R from a CD mounted on another machine and not having any success. The machine I am installing on to has an NE2000 clone ethernet card which is identical to the one I have already running. I am using userconfig (boot -c) to set the correct IRQ, port etc. for the ethernet card and it is detected at startup OK. Once the network interface is configured on the new machine I can ping it from my FTP server machine. The problem is that the new machine can't find the distributions on the FTP server. I have tried the following options: - set the FTP user home directory in the passwd file to /cdrom (using vipw) and set the URL to connect to as ftp://172.16.1.1 (my private IP number) - set the FTP user home directory in the passwd file to /usr/ftp and use lndir to link /usr/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE to /cdrom/dists then set the URL to ftp://172.16.1.1/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE both of these options failed. If I use a command line FTP client to connect in either of these cases I am able to transfer the files but the installer can't find them. Any suggestions ? Cheers, Carey ========================================================================= | Carey Nairn | email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au | | Infrastructure Services | phone : (03) 6226 7419 | | Information Technology Services | fax : (03) 6226 7898 | | University of Tasmania. | int'l : (+61 3) | =========================================================================
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