Re: Installing from behind a firewall

From: Anton Berezin (none@tobez--plab.ku.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk)
Date: Thu 25 Feb 1999 - 11:51:14 CET


To: bsd-dk@hotel.prosa.dk
Subject: Re: Installing from behind a firewall
From: Anton Berezin <none@tobez--plab.ku.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
Date: 25 Feb 1999 11:51:14 +0100


"Peter Holm" <none@peter_holm_1--hotmail.com.lh.bsd-dk.dk> writes:

> I'm stuck behind a rather restrictive firewall. I would like to
> upgrade from 3.0 to 3.1 and not go thru the same procedure as last:
> Download with Netscape to a dos partition.
 
> On 3.0 I can ftp a single file using:
> ftp_proxy:proxy_server:xxxx
> ftp -p ftp://ftp.dk.freebsd/pub/FreeBSD/...
 
> but if I as a test start /stand/sysinstall up, using passive ftp
> proxy I get `connection in wrong state'
 
> Any suggestions ?

If you can manage (by playing with -P option) cvsup to work properly,
then installation of 3.1 sources and making buildworld/installworld
might be a good way for an upgrade.

-- 
Anton Berezin <none@tobez--plab.ku.dk.lh.bsd-dk.dk>
The Protein Laboratory, University of Copenhagen



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