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From: Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install from CDROM over LAN?
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 02:39:54 GMT
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robmel@nadt.org.uk (Robin Melville) wrote:
>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>
It works OK if you use ftp:/my.machine.with.cd//cdrom/ as the URL
^^ ^
Note the extra slashes.
I frequently install from a CD mounted on another machine, and I have never
made a root.flp floppy.