On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Jo wrote: > Pixel wrote: > > > > Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hi, could you tell me which gi_xxxx file I need to use to do an FTP > > > install? Since I didn't find one that seemed appropriate, I tried > > > installing with the bootnet.img. > > > > it is the good one for ftp install. > > So I gather that a graphical FTP install isn't possible? > > > > > Once the packages are selected though, > > > it doesn't find key components like init scripts, kernel glibc etc... > > > > maybe you should do a gendepslist: > > > > the_dir/misc/gendepslist the_dir > > uh oh, I'm afraid I don't understand that. I tried entering gendepslist > at the prompt, but it doesn't do anything useful: > bash: gendepslist: command not found > > Maybe I should keep where I belong: on the newbie list. > > > > > > Most of the other packages are retrieved and installed fine, but of > > > course the installation doesn't work. > > > I'm FTP'ing to an other computer and logging in as root. > > > > > > > strange ftp root account is not disabled! > > I agree, but I don't know a whole lot about FTP. I tried in a lot of > ways. First setting up an NFS server, which didn't work. Although I got > in touch with the server. > Then my attempts with FTP weren't successful either, so I tried from a > prompt and saw that from the FTP servers I tried to install kBeroFTP > responded. (I also tried to enable the one from LinuxConf). > Anyway, I logged in as root and it worked. Then I looked in which > directory I was, and made an offset from there to get to my installation > directory. > > I guess I'd better do a lot more reading before I attempt something of > this kind, but at a certain point I can't resist to actually try to get > things going. > > I'll get back to you with some actual error messages, that will prolly > help you more. > > Jo Man i sure am glad i'm behind a couple firewalls.. [root@Homie linux]# ftp 0 Connected to 0. 220 Homie.netpirate.org FTP server (BeroFTPD 1.3.4(1) Sat May 1 16:04:03 CEST 1999) ready. Name (0:root): 331 Password required for root. Password: 230 User root logged in. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
