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From: robmel@nadt.org.uk (Robin Melville)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install from CDROM over LAN?
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 23:54:21 +0000
Organization: Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team
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Message-ID: <robmel-100396235421@seriald2d.innotts.co.uk>
References: <313B1B32.2F1CF0FB@kampai.euronet.nl> <4hk88h$7u6@daily-planet.execpc.com> <313DD762.2781E494@kampai.euronet.nl>
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Gary Howland <gary@kampai.euronet.nl> 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
> > : ftp and NFS methods fail. [...snip...]
> 
> I was using another FreeBSD server, but it seems I wasn't using the
> correct NFS path (doesn't explain why the ftp version didn't work
> though).

The cdrom tree is differently arranged than the ftp site. You have to ftp
to the dists directory... but then it can't find a kernel <sigh>

Stephen Mathezer wrote:
> 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?

That would be a great help! Those of us migrating from SCO boxes would be
ETERNALLY grateful :)

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