Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 16:20:18 +0100 From: John <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: install from an iso9000 cdrom on a win95 machine to laptop via parallel cable Message-ID: <$3YlpCAyg7H1Ewg$@i-zone.demon.co.uk>
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Hello I have a win95 box, which for reasons I cannot go into, must remain a win95box. I have the freebsd installation cd (1 out of the 4cd set). I want to install freebsd 2.2.5 native on my laptop. The win95 machine has the cdrom drive. I have a parallel<>parallel port cable linking the two machines. The host machine with the cdrom in it is called i-zone. All m$oft compatible protocols are enabled with this identity on the host machine (that is tcp/ip, which I think is required for the laptop to see the cdrom drive through nfs) ipx/spx (without which direct cable connection doesn't work) and netbeui (links with ipx/spx). The laptop thinks it is called i-zonelap. When the laptop was running win95, it called the cdrom D. i-zone calls the cdrom F. I then start direct cable connection listening on the parallel interface. I have set this up so that no passwords are required. 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) What am I doing wrong here, and what (if any) is the workaround? Thanks John McDermott - <freebsd-root@i-zone.demon.co.uk> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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