Clarify instructions for using a CD-ROM equipped machine to support a

FreeBSD install and add a warning about enabling anonymous FTP.

Submitted by:	nik
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bmah 2001-04-03 14:07:07 +00:00
parent b678fccb99
commit df5ac96b12
2 changed files with 14 additions and 4 deletions

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@ -177,9 +177,14 @@ several ways of going about it:
ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin
And anyone else on your network will now be able to choose a Media type
of FTP and type in: ``ftp://<machine with CDROM drive>'' after picking
"Other" in the ftp sites menu.
Warning: This may allow anyone on the local network (or Internet) to
make "anonymous FTP" connections to this machine, which may not be
desirable.
On the machine on which you are running the install, go to the "Options"
menu and set "Release Name" to "any". You may then choose a Media
type of FTP and type in: ``ftp://<machine with CDROM drive>'' after
picking "URL" in the ftp sites menu.
2. If you would rather use NFS to export the CDROM directly to the
machine(s) you'll be installing from, you need to first add an

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@ -142,7 +142,12 @@ several ways of going about it:
ftp:*:99:99::0:0:FTP:/cdrom:/sbin/nologin
And anyone else on your network will now be able to choose a Media
Warning: This may allow anyone on the local network (or Internet) to
make "anonymous FTP" connections to this machine, which may not be
desirable.
On the machine on which you are running the install, go to the "Options"
menu and set "Release Name" to "any". You may then choose a Media
type of FTP and type in: ``ftp://<machine with CDROM drive>'' after
picking "URL" in the ftp sites menu.