| media.hlp (247280) | media.hlp (252112) |
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| 1You can install from the following types of media: 2 3 CDROM requires one of the following supported CDROM drives: 4 ATAPI - Any standard ATAPI CDROM drive hooked to 5 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide). 6 SCSI - Any standard SCSI CDROM drive hooked to 7 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide). 8 --- 11 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 20 formatted floppies. Such floppies are assumed to 21 contain the appropriate distribution pieces - see 22 ABOUT.TXT for more information about making floppy 23 distribution media. 24 25 26 FTP Get the distribution files from an anonymous ftp server 27 (you will be presented with a list). Please note that | 1You can install from the following types of media: 2 3 CDROM requires one of the following supported CDROM drives: 4 ATAPI - Any standard ATAPI CDROM drive hooked to 5 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide). 6 SCSI - Any standard SCSI CDROM drive hooked to 7 a supported controller (see Hardware Guide). 8 --- 11 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 20 formatted floppies. Such floppies are assumed to 21 contain the appropriate distribution pieces - see 22 ABOUT.TXT for more information about making floppy 23 distribution media. 24 25 26 FTP Get the distribution files from an anonymous ftp server 27 (you will be presented with a list). Please note that |
| 28 you may invoke FTP in "Active" mode, "Passive" mode, or | 28 you may invoke FTP in "Active"/"Passive" auto-mode, or |
| 29 via an HTTP proxy. 30 | 29 via an HTTP proxy. 30 |
| 31 Active mode is the standard way of fetching files and 32 Passive mode is for use when you're behind a firewall or 33 some other security mechanism that blocks active FTP 34 connections. Using an HTTP proxy is sometimes necessary | 31 By default, ftp(1) will automatically use the best mode 32 for the server. Using an HTTP proxy is sometimes necessary |
| 35 for firewalls which block all FTP connections. 36 37 If you chose to enter your own URL in the FTP menu, please 38 note that all paths are *relative* to the home directory 39 of the user being logged in as. By default, this is the 40 user "ftp" (anonymous ftp) but you may change this in the 41 Options screen. 42 43 | 33 for firewalls which block all FTP connections. 34 35 If you chose to enter your own URL in the FTP menu, please 36 note that all paths are *relative* to the home directory 37 of the user being logged in as. By default, this is the 38 user "ftp" (anonymous ftp) but you may change this in the 39 Options screen. 40 41 |
| 42 HTTP Direct 43 Get the distribution files directly from an HTTP server. 44 45 If you chose to enter your own URL in the HTTP Direct menu, 46 please note that all paths are *relative* to the root 47 directory of the web server. 48 49 |
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| 44 NFS Get the distribution files from an NFS server somewhere 45 (make sure that permissions on the server allow this!). 46 If this install method hangs on you or refuses to work 47 properly, you may need to set some special options for 48 your NFS server. See the Options screen for more details. | 50 NFS Get the distribution files from an NFS server somewhere 51 (make sure that permissions on the server allow this!). 52 If this install method hangs on you or refuses to work 53 properly, you may need to set some special options for 54 your NFS server. See the Options screen for more details. |