Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 13:18:01 -0400 From: Randy Pratt <rpratt1950@earthlink.net> To: Vladiz Malykorok <krtik01@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Installing via FTP ??? Message-ID: <20020620131801.448c2192.rpratt1950@earthlink.net>
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> Hi folks, > > I need to install the new version of FreeBSD(4.6) via > FTP. I've prepared the FTP host according to chapter > 2.13.1 Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disk > in Handbook. > Everything is prepared, disk is in CDROM device. > If I chose an install media type of FTP and type in > ftp://IP address then I've got this warning: > Can't find the '4.6-RELEASE' distribution on this FTP > server. It is looking for this directory on > installation CD, is this correct??? > I'm using 4.6-disc1 on FTP server. Do I need to use > some other disk to install it via FTP??? Hi Vladiz, The 4.6-disc1 is the correct CDROM. What may be happening is that sysinstall is appending the release version to the ftp location, 4.6-RELEASE in this case. This means that sysinstall is looking for ftp://IP/4.6-RELEASE/ to find the distribution files. There's a variety of ways to adjust for this, but probably the easiest way is to enter the "Options" menu from the sysinstall Main Menu and change the release version from "4.6-RELEASE" to "any". This will allow sysinstall to just look for the distribution files on the /cdrom mount point rather than looking for a release directory. In this case, you would still mount the cdrom and connect with ftp://IP/ as indicated in the handbook. Let me know if this solves your problem. It might be that the handbook needs some additional details for this installation approach. Hope this helps, Randy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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