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From: andrewg@netcom.com (Andrew Ghali)
Subject: Re: Installing FBSD 2.1: FTP & CDROM at the same time
Message-ID: <andrewgDL6sxM.9I4@netcom.com>
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Summary: I guess I'm a dumb guy
Keywords: install FTP CDROM solved
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
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Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 20:00:58 GMT
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Problem solved:

I guess it is some sort of assumption that sysinstall makes about the source
directory structure because this made it work:

[tmp]-> mkdir fbsd
[tmp]-> lndir /cdrom fbsd
[tmp]-> mv fbsd/dists fbsd/dist     # don't know if this is useful
[tmp]-> lndir /cdrom/dists fbsd     # this is the rub!

Then I used the URL "ftp://first.machine/../../tmp/fbsd/" and evrything works
fine.

After this, the install went so smoothly, I was amazed!  I was so tempted to
install every package available until I remembered that all I had on the
machine was a 350MB drive.  Since the ftp host was only 10 feet away, the
install was very fast, probably limited mostly by the CDROM because I just
tested my FTP trensfer speed between the two machines' disks and came up
with 600KB/sec (almost 5Mb/sec) not too shaby for random SMC cards that I
bought untested at the EO/Go going-out-of-business auction.

Thanks for such a great alternative to Microshaft.

Andrew