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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-04-03 14:07:07 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-04-03 14:07:07 +0000
commitdf5ac96b12cf49f427212eb4378e02e21ba111a5 (patch)
tree6b37253a9d7657405bceaa24134e21e5fbd3623d /release/texts
parentb678fccb9954d6ceabf148c98137026a92ba802d (diff)
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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
Diffstat (limited to 'release/texts')
-rw-r--r--release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT11
-rw-r--r--release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT7
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
index f2cf133..bf1db32 100644
--- a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -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
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
index 050969e..fccebc8 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -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.
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