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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I do a FTP install ?
Date: 4 Mar 1997 16:44:57 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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[Posted and mailed (to Jordan)]
In article <5fes8j$92j$3@news.fred.net>,
mcurry@fred.net ( ) writes:
> J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
>: "Tony" <tony@gcr1.com> wrote:
>:
>: > I've tried a few times to do a FTP install with no luck ..
>: > Is there a catch ?
>: > Any hints to a successfull install via an FTP source ???
>:
>: That's not a very helpful message. Can't you at least try to describe
>: your troubles? Don'tya think we don't at least try to test our
>: installation program?
>
> Things to look for that go wrong with FTP installs:
>
> 1. Ftp path from ftproot MUST look like ftp.freebsd.org, or if you are
> using a local ftp source, MUST be exactly right. The install program does
> not figure anything out (not that it could).
>
> 2. Under "install options" there is a list of seemingly-innocuous values
> which you figure you can leave alone, BUT the specific version of FBSD is
> listed about 3/4 of the way down the list ... in the case of the 2.2
> GAMMA, f'rinstance, it isn't "2.2-GAMMA", it's "2.2-XXXXXX-GAMMA" -- some
> datecode number being important for "XXXXXX". If you have local or
> network storage of the FBSD collection, that specific name w/number MUST
> be a subdirectory under 'FreeBSD', with that EXACT name, and all the
> bin, catpages, manpages, and so forth below that, or things will
> also go to hell. You can edit that version string, if you have (as I
> have), simply renamed the local-source ftp directory to "2.2-GAMMA".
Or call it "none" in the options menu and specify the full path
to the top level directory (the one with the bin subdirectory).
Same applies for NFS.
It may be worth making install try to remove this last directory
component if it fails to mount/cd (Jordan?) :)
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !