From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 30 21:04:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA16159 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:04:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.exo.net.au (root@sky-valley.exo.net.au [203.14.230.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA15983 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 1998 21:03:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bullseye.apana.org.au!andymac@mail.exo.net.au) Received: by mail.exo.net.au id m0yJtD5-0004p5C (Debian Smail-3.2 1996-Jul-4 #2); Tue, 31 Mar 1998 15:03:43 +1000 (EST) Received: from bullseye.apana.org.au (central [203.9.107.245]) by bullseye.apana.org.au (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA08024; Tue, 31 Mar 1998 08:22:29 +1000 Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 06:17:42 +1000 (EST) From: Andrew MacIntyre To: John cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install from an iso9000 cdrom on a win95 machine to laptop via parallel cable In-Reply-To: <$3YlpCAyg7H1Ewg$@i-zone.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: X-X-Sender: andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, John wrote: > Booting boot.flp all goes smoothly until I configure the media to > install from. I set netconfig on the laptop so that the machine name is > i-zonelap, with no other parameters. It warns me that I will not be able > to see anything outside my local network. I select nfs as the > installation media. It then asks me the name of the machine and the > directory to install from. I say i-zone:/d > > It then says it cannot find i-zone:/d (or i-zone: or anything else) Windows 95 doesn't come with NFS capability out of the box, nor an FTP server :-( I take it that you have installed a 3rd party NFS server product? You will also need to tell i-zonelap how to resolve the name i-zone. I suggest just using the IP address, a la ???.???.???.???:/d If you want to try the FTP alternative, I seem to recall seeing a freely distributable W95 FTP server in the TUCOWS archive. -- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: andrew.macintyre@aba.gov.au (work) | Snail: PO Box 370 andymac@bullseye.apana.org.au (play) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Fido: Andrew MacIntyre, 3:620/243.18 | Australia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message