Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 23:36:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Lance <lancez@accessld.com> Cc: questions@freeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.0.5 Installation question Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961218233313.258E-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <2.2.16.19961218143502.235fa7bc@accessld.com>
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On Wed, 18 Dec 1996, Lance wrote: > We bought your FreeBSD 2.0.5 (Walnut Creek CDROM version) several months > ago. Now we would like to install it on a PC running SCO UNIX (System > V/386 Release 3.2). However, this PC does not have a CD-ROM driver. Ouch, where did you dredge that thing up? :-) I would call Walnut Creek really soon and order 2.1.6-RELEASE. 2.0.5 didn't support CDROMs and is over a year old. > What I'm wondering is that is it possible for us to install it from > network? This PC is connected to our intranet and is able to talk to > our SunSparc machine (running Solaris 2.x.) The installation file on the > CD says something about NFS instalation. But I had difficulty to follow > it. Could you tell me a little more about how and where to this CDROM > and what to do in SCO UNIX? Absolutely. Just set up an anonymous FTP on your Sparc set up similiar to ftp.freebsd.org, slap a cheap NE2000 or similar ethernet card in the machine, select a custom ftp site, and you should be good. > BTW, could I simply copy entire (or partial) content of that CDROM onto > SCO UNIX and install it from there? Copy over whatever you like. Or even, mount the cd under /pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE and set the FTP Error mode to 'retry' and it should work. I would really, really suggest getting 2.1.6-R first. 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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