The following options may be set from this screen: NFS Secure: NFS server talks only on a secure port This is most commonly used when talking to Sun workstations, which will not talk NFS over "non priviledged" ports. NFS Slow: User is using a slow PC or ethernet card Use this option if you have a slow PC (386) or an ethernet card with poor performance being "fed" by NFS on a higher-performance workstation. This will throttle the workstation back to prevent the PC from becoming swamped with data. FTP Abort: On transfer failure, abort This is pretty self-explanatory. If you're transfering from a host that drops the connection or cannot provide a file, abort the installation of that piece. FTP Reselect: On transfer failure, ask for another host This is more useful to someone doing an interactive installation. If the current host stops working, ask for a new ftp server to resume the installation from. The install will attempt to pick up from where it left off on the other server, if at all possible. FTP Active: Use "active mode" for standard FTP For all FTP transfers, use "Active" mode. This will not work through firewalls, but will often work with older ftp servers that do not support passive mode. If your connection hangs with passive mode (the default), try active! FTP Passive: Use "passive mode" for firewalled FTP For all FTP transfers, use "Passive" mode. This allows the user to pass through firewalls that do not allow incoming connections on random port addresses. NOTE: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MODES ARE NOT THE SAME AS A `PROXY' CONNECTION, WHERE A PROXY FTP SERVER IS LISTENING ON A DIFFERENT PORT! In such situations, you should specify the URL as something like: ftp://foo.bar.com:1234/pub/FreeBSD Where "1234" is the port number of the proxy ftp server. Debugging: Turn on the extra debugging flag This turns on a lot of extra noise over on the second screen (ALT-F2 to see it, ALT-F1 to switch back). If your installation should fail for any reason, PLEASE turn this flag on when attempting to reproduce the problem. It will provide a lot of extra debugging at the failure point and may be very helpful to the developers in tracking such problems down! Yes To All: Assume "Yes" answers to all non-critical dialogs This flag should be used with caution. It will essentially decide NOT to ask the user about any "boundry" conditions that might not constitute actual errors but may be warnings indicative of other problems. FTP userpass: Specify username and password instead of anonymous. By default, the installation attempts to log in as the anonymous user. If you wish to log in as someone else, specify the username and password with this option. Clear: Clear All Option Flags Reset all option flags back to their default values. ---- Some of these items, like "FTP Active" or "FTP Passive", are actually mutually-exclusive even though you can turn all of them on or off at once. This is a limitation of the menuing system, and is compensated for by checks that ensure that the various flags are not in conflict. If you re-enter the Options menu again after leaving it, you'll see the settings it's actually using after checking for any possible conflicts.