FTP from a CD-ROM
This article shows you how to mount a CD-ROM so it can be accessed via anonymous ftp.
If you are using a 4CD set, and want to allow others to install from this CD, then
you want disc 1 from that set.
If you do not have an FTP server set up already, it might be easier for you to mount the
CDROM and export it via NFS. /stand/sysinstall
can install from NFS. /stand/sysinstall can also install an
anonymous FTP server for you (see Configure | Networking | Anon FTP).
Mounting the CD on your machine
This is easy as! All you do is change the place to which the CD is mounted.
The hardest task was creating the directories. And here’s how I did it:
cd /var/ftp/pub
mkdir FreeBSD
cd FreeBSD
mkdir releases
cd releases
mkdir i386
cd i386
mkdir 2.2.8-RELEASE
Then comes the easy bit. The mount:
mount -t cd9660 -o ro /dev/cd0a /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.8-RELEASE
The URL
If you follow the instructions above, then the URL you would enter for your ftp
install would be:
ftp://your.ftp.server/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/2.2.8-RELEASE
What it looks like
Here’s what you should find when you ftp to that box:
# ftp fred
Connected to fred.freebsddiary.cx.
220 fred.nz.freebsd.org FTP server (Version 6.00) ready.
Name (fred:dan): anonymous
331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password.
Password:
230- Welcome to the NZFUG FreeBSD Install-A-Thon ftp server.
230-
230-
230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
total 8
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root operator 512 May 5 04:53 bin
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root operator 512 May 5 04:54 etc
drwxrwxrwt 2 root operator 512 May 5 04:53 incoming
drwxr-xr-x 3 root operator 512 May 5 04:58 pub
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> cd pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 24 root wheel 6144 Feb 16 1999 2.2.8-RELEASE
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> cd 2.2.8-RELEASE
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'.
total 10697
-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1886 Feb 16 1999 00_TRANS.TBL
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1401 Feb 15 1999 00_index.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 8891 Feb 15 1999 ABOUT.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1649 Feb 16 1999 ERRATA.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 22442 Feb 15 1999 HARDWARE.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 22811 Feb 15 1999 INSTALL.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4738 Feb 15 1999 LAYOUT.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3815 Feb 15 1999 README.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 20285 Feb 15 1999 RELNOTES.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 16323 Feb 15 1999 TROUBLE.TXT
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7300 Feb 15 1999 UPGRADE.TXT
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 6144 Feb 16 1999 XF86333
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 14336 Feb 15 1999 bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26513 Feb 15 1999 catalog.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4096 Feb 15 1999 catpages
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 160 Feb 16 1999 cdrom.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 25 Feb 15 1999 cdrom.inf
drwxr-xr-x 14 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 commerce
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 compat1x
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 compat20
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 compat21
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 compat22
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4096 Feb 15 1999 des
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 dict
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4096 Feb 15 1999 doc
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 55191 Feb 16 1999 filename.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 16 1999 floppies
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 4096 Feb 15 1999 games
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 info
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 24 Jul 22 1998 install.bat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4995893 Feb 16 1999 kernel
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 538 Feb 15 1999 makeflp.bat
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 6144 Feb 15 1999 manpages
drwxr-xr-x 56 root wheel 8192 Feb 15 1999 packages
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 ports
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 15 1999 proflibs
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 30720 Feb 15 1999 src
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 4096 Feb 15 1999 tools
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2048 Feb 16 1999 utils
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 178238 Mar 25 1998 view.exe
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 545 Mar 25 1998 view.pif
drwxr-xr-x 23 root wheel 4096 Feb 15 1999 xperimnt
226 Transfer complete.
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