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From: bmk@dtr.com (Brant Katkansky)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FTP install
Date: 19 Oct 1995 10:30:59 -0700
Organization: DTR/net - Portland OR (info@dtr.com)
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Message-ID: <46620j$1dc@everest.dtr.com>
References: <460s03$q42@news.bu.edu> <DGnBsF.FF5@cs.fredonia.edu>
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In article <DGnBsF.FF5@cs.fredonia.edu>,
Jin Mazumdar <mazumdar@cs.fredonia.edu> wrote:
>
> I would like to make a suggestion to the FreeBSD team in this
>context.
>
> In the installation of FreeBSD there appears to be no option
>to fetch files from a user defined machine which does not support
>anonymous ftp. If this feature is added users could be encouraged
>to get the files once from the primary site and then consequently use
>their home machine to install additional machines. This would cut down
>the load on the primary and mirror sites.
There exists an option to specify a username and password for an ftp
install already. It's on the options submenu. I believe it was added
to 2.0.5.
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