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From: Charles Reese <reese@chem.duke.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: (no subject) OOPs should be Installing across network from CDROM
Date: 23 Apr 1996 20:52:42 GMT
Organization: Duke University
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Charles Reese <reese@chem.duke.edu> wrote:
>I have installed FreeBSD from the WC CDROM on one of my PCs.  I would now 
>like to install from the CDROM onto a second machine.  I have ftp working 
>between the two machines (FreeBSD wftp on #1 and WS_FTP in WFW on #2).  I 
>have added the line: ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/nonexistent
>to my /etc/passwd file.  I can do anonymous ftp to #1 and also can ftp as 
>myself. I have mounted the cdrom as /cdrom.
>
>When I install from the boot.flp and choose ftp - other as media I put in 
>ftp://10.0.0.2/ and then fill out the dialog about the #2 host I get an 
>ftp connection (I think) but the install fail with a message "Failed to 
>load the ROOT distribution"  "Please correct this and try again"
>
>I have tried various combinations of the ftp command eg.
>
>ftp://10.0.0.2/  name passwd
>ftp://10.0.0.2/cdrom  name passwd
>ftp://10.0.0.2/cdrom/dists  name passwd
>etc etc
>
>I have also made a link from 2.1.0-RELEASE to /cdrom/dists in my login 
>directory and tried
>ftp://10.0.0.2/  name passwd 
>
>As the Installing FreeBSD book says that the install routine 
>automatically adds a 2.1.0-RELEASE to the ftp path
>
>Could someone please post an example of how this should be done?
>
>Thanks
>Charlie Reese
>
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