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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!andrewg From: andrewg@netcom.com (Andrew Ghali) Subject: Re: Installing FBSD 2.1: FTP & CDROM at the same time Message-ID: <andrewgDL6sxM.9I4@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Summary: I guess I'm a dumb guy Keywords: install FTP CDROM solved Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <andrewgDL5vHI.3sr@netcom.com> <andrewgDL5wzJ.6Cp@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 20:00:58 GMT Lines: 25 Sender: andrewg@netcom3.netcom.com 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