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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.orst.edu!news.PEAK.ORG!engr.orst.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!news.cyberstore.ca!helix.net!unixg.ubc.ca!van-bc!news1.vancouver.istar.net!news.vancouver.istar.net!news.newera.ab.ca!usenet From: mathezer@newera.ab.ca (Stephen Mathezer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How do I install from CDROM over LAN? Date: 06 Mar 1996 18:26:43 GMT Organization: New Era Systems Services LTD. Lines: 25 Message-ID: <MATHEZER.96Mar6112643@feisal.newera.ab.ca> References: <313B1B32.2F1CF0FB@kampai.euronet.nl> <313D0611.15FB7483@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: feisal.newera.ab.ca In-reply-to: "Jordan K. Hubbard"'s message of Tue, 05 Mar 1996 19:27:13 -0800 In article <313D0611.15FB7483@FreeBSD.org> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Gary Howland wrote: > > I've been trying, without success, to install FreeBSD 2.1 over > > our LAN. I have the FreeBSD 2.1 CD mounted and available via > > both anonymous ftp and NFS from our server. However, both the > > The NFS method should work fine, and it's how I've installed several > FreeBSD 2.1 systems. > > - Jordan Hubbard How about if the machine with the CDROm drive doesn't understand cd9660? (Eg: all the file names are truncated and in uppercase) Could the intelligence to get the file names from those 00trans_table files be built into the install? -Steve (using short lines so as to be able to quote at least some relevant text).