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Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 11:08:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jeffrey Vehrs <70673.3111@compuserve.com>
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Subject: Re: install via PLIP problem
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On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Jeffrey Vehrs wrote:

> I'm giving you a little background of how it was set up. I have a laptop and 
> FreeBSD box with laplink cable attached to both. FreeBSD box is the host. It 
> has the CDROM drive. The goal is to install FreeBSD from the FBSD box w/ 
> CDROM drive onto the laptop via PLIP. This is how it works:
> 
>                   iceman <-------> cooljoe
> IP address        10.0.0.3         10.0.0.4
> 
> iceman  ==> FBSD box w/ CDROM drive(host)
> cooljoe ==> laptop
> 
> I was able to ping each other on both boxes. Also, I can FTPs to each 
> other on both boxes. Now, the problem is that I could NOT install FreeBSD 
> from iceman thru /stand/sysinstall.
> 
> I've already add 'ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin' via vipw. The 
> 'err' msg said, "Warning: Can't CD to '2.2.6-RELEASE' distribution on this 
> FTP server". I can FTP manually to /cdrom without a problem. Did I miss 
> something here?

Unless you instruct otherwise, the installer expects the FreeBSD release
to live under /pub/FreeBSD/<version-id>. I suggest making a symlink.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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