docs/73479: Handbook gives incomplete suggestion on install from local FTP

Paul Hoffman phoffman at proper.com
Wed Nov 3 16:10:35 UTC 2004


>Number:         73479
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       Handbook gives incomplete suggestion on install from local FTP
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Nov 03 16:10:33 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Hoffman
>Release:        4.10
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
In the handbook, "2.13.2 Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disk" says "Anyone with network connectivity to your machine can now chose a media type of FTP and type in ftp://your machine after picking ``Other'' in the FTP sites menu during the install." What it doesn't say is that you *also* need to go into the Options menu and change distribution name to "any". That is true for at least 4.9 and 4.10 CDs.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try installing following the directions, and you'll fail because it can't find the distribution.
>Fix:
Add a sentence to the section that tells the user to also change the option before executing.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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