From chilini@inlink.com Sun Jun 28 05:59:37 1998 From: chilini@inlink.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] NFS over FTP thru a WINGATE proxy Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 00:59:37 -0500 Message-ID: <199806280559.AAA02376@thor.inlink.com> In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] NFS over FTP thru a WINGATE proxy> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4909563741738431870==" --===============4909563741738431870== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable can someone please try to help me.. if you cannot tell me and dont ignore me.= .=20 Thanks .. At 12:30 PM 6/27/98 -0500, you wrote: > > >ok.. i have a BAD situation for a FTP install with any type of linux.. i >need to do an FTP install .. but in my install disk there is only >harddisk,CD-ROM, or NFS.. the closest one that i could use at this point >,due to lack of hard drive space, is NFS.. i was wondering if there was a >way to do an FTP install "thru" a NFS type deal and also go thru a WINGATE >2.1 proxy.. if you people think that this is impossible, then please tell >me and i will try something else (of course) if you think you even might >have something for me to try or need more information put it on this list >or mail me at chilini(a)inlink.com.. thanks > > Chilini > > >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============4909563741738431870==-- From jpcowh01@ox.slug.louisville.edu Sun Jun 28 07:58:11 1998 From: jpcowh01@ox.slug.louisville.edu To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] NFS over FTP thru a WINGATE proxy Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 03:58:11 -0400 Message-ID: <199806280758.DAA17891@ox.slug.louisville.edu> In-Reply-To: <199806280559.AAA02376@thor.inlink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1599351801568968850==" --===============1599351801568968850== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > can someone please try to help me.. if you cannot tell me and dont ignore m= e..=20 >=20 Dude, There may be a way to do a install off another computer with ft= p, but I don't believe YaST supports that currently. I think FTP requires a = specific port to recieve all of it's data, and nfs works with dynamic port as= signmemnt... I think... I'm not sure if SuSE has a url for nfs install... When you go to install (I am assuming 5.2) look to see if a pre-insta= ll kernel has something like ftp-install... I would suggest using a null mod= em link between the two with pppd... then seeing if you could use smb betwee= n the two machines to install... = = Jonathan --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Jonathan Paul Cowherd jpcowh01(a)slug.louisville.edu http://www.slug.louisville.= edu/~jpcowh01> This is my world and I am... World Leader Pretend =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============1599351801568968850==-- From tanc@cuug.ab.ca Sun Jun 28 12:49:55 1998 From: tanc@cuug.ab.ca To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] NFS over FTP thru a WINGATE proxy Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 06:49:55 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <199806280559.AAA02376@thor.inlink.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3360297706765293727==" --===============3360297706765293727== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable the question is, on which machine is the nfs volume going to be mounted? i assume if you are using wingate proxy on another machine, you will be using a windows machine and you are trying to install linux on another machine which is hooked up to the net proxying through the windows box. am i right? =20 if that is the case, i don't think you can do ftp over nfs. but if you have a machine on which you can install one of the *bsd unix, which ftp installation support is available right out of the stock installation boot=20 disk, then what you'll do is to install something like netbsd (which is very small, very quick to install) on that spare machine. after the installation, mount the nfs volume onto the netbsd machine's ftp home. then install linux on the machine you wanted. i don't think it is impossible to make a boot disk for linux that supports ftp install, but i am not a boot disk expert. =20 there are linux distributions which you may install over ftp. one such distributions is redhat. i don't know much about others like slackware and debian. it has been a long time since i last installed a slackware or debian. but please don't think i am asking you to install redhat. it is a sad case that suse does not have ftp installation option. hope this helps. regards, C. J. Tan On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Chilini wrote: >=20 > can someone please try to help me.. if you cannot tell me and dont ignore m= e..=20 >=20 > Thanks .. >=20 >=20 >=20 > At 12:30 PM 6/27/98 -0500, you wrote: > > > > > >ok.. i have a BAD situation for a FTP install with any type of linux.. i > >need to do an FTP install .. but in my install disk there is only > >harddisk,CD-ROM, or NFS.. the closest one that i could use at this point > >,due to lack of hard drive space, is NFS.. i was wondering if there was a > >way to do an FTP install "thru" a NFS type deal and also go thru a WINGATE > >2.1 proxy.. if you people think that this is impossible, then please tell > >me and i will try something else (of course) if you think you even might > >have something for me to try or need more information put it on this list > >or mail me at chilini(a)inlink.com.. thanks > > > > Chilini > > > > > >- > >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > > > > >=20 > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C. J. Tan E-mail: cjtan(a)acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038=20 tanc(a)cuug.ab.ca 1-403-606-4257=20 URL: http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc> Facsimile: 1-403-284-19= 80 "An engineer made programmer is one=20 who attempts to solve a problem, A programmer made engineer is one=20 who knows how to solve a problem." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============3360297706765293727==-- From tanc@cuug.ab.ca Sun Jun 28 12:58:27 1998 From: tanc@cuug.ab.ca To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] NFS over FTP thru a WINGATE proxy Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 06:58:27 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <199806280758.DAA17891@ox.slug.louisville.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2139975822904324812==" --===============2139975822904324812== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable For SuSE NFS install: linux01.gwdg.de:/suse/5.2 Regards, C. J. Tan On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, World Leader Pretend wrote: >=20 > > can someone please try to help me.. if you cannot tell me and dont ignore= me..=20 > >=20 >=20 > Dude, There may be a way to do a install off another computer with ftp, but I don't believe YaST supports that currently. I think FTP requires a specific port to recieve all of it's data, and nfs works with dynamic port assignmemnt... I think... I'm not sure if SuSE has a url for nfs install... >=20 > When you go to install (I am assuming 5.2) look to see if a pre-install kernel has something like ftp-install... I would suggest using a null modem link between the two with pppd... then seeing if you could use smb between the two machines to install... >=20 > Jonathan >=20 > --=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D >=20 > Jonathan Paul Cowherd > jpcowh01(a)slug.louisville.edu > http://www.slug.louisvill= e.edu/~jpcowh01> >=20 > This is my world and I am... World Leader Pretend > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C. J. Tan E-mail: cjtan(a)acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038=20 tanc(a)cuug.ab.ca 1-403-606-4257=20 URL: http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc> Facsimile: 1-403-284-19= 80 "An engineer made programmer is one=20 who attempts to solve a problem, A programmer made engineer is one=20 who knows how to solve a problem." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============2139975822904324812==-- From brauki@cityweb.de Sun Jun 28 13:20:58 1998 From: brauki@cityweb.de To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] NFS over FTP thru a WINGATE proxy Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 15:20:58 +0200 Message-ID: <3596433A.BE621C15@cityweb.de> In-Reply-To: <199806280758.DAA17891@ox.slug.louisville.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============3967902464801957382==" --===============3967902464801957382== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, for jonathan's remark: It is possible to install from the internet via nfs. I never tried, but there is a URL in your support data base: http://localh= ost/support-db/sdb_e/ke_suselinux-ftp.html> Wether this works via a WINGATE proxy... no clue. maybe you have to set=20 some environment variables (I do this in /etc/profile) ftp_proxy=3Dhttp://proxy.cityweb.de:8080/> http_proxy=3Dhttp://proxy.cityweb.de:8080/> no_proxy=3D'www.cww.de, www.cityweb.de, localhost, slartibartfast, arthurdent' ince my provider uses a proxy. J=C3=BCrgen PS: Jonathan, can you tell eml somehow to issue line breaks? your lines look endless, sometimes hard to read. --=20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D __ _ J=C3=BCrgen Braukmann e-mail: brauki(a)cww.de | / / (_)__ __ ____ __ = =20 Tel: 0201-743648 dk4jb(a)db0qs.#nrw.deu.eu | / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ World Leader Pretend wrote: >=20 > > can someone please try to help me.. if you cannot tell me and dont ignore= me.. > > >=20 > Dude, There may be a way to do a install off another computer with = ftp, but I don't believe YaST supports that currently. I think FTP requires = a specific port to recieve all of it's data, and nfs works with dynamic port = assignmemnt... I think... I'm not sure if SuSE has a url for nfs install... >=20 > When you go to install (I am assuming 5.2) look to see if a pre-ins= tall kernel has something like ftp-install... I would suggest using a null m= odem link between the two with pppd... then seeing if you could use smb betw= een the two machines to install... >=20 > - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============3967902464801957382==-- From nelsen@telusplanet.net Sun Jun 28 17:42:53 1998 From: nelsen@telusplanet.net To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Wrap Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 11:42:53 -0600 Message-ID: <98Jun28.122744-0600_mdt.267929-24066+7@mail.telusplanet.net> In-Reply-To: <3596433A.BE621C15@cityweb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============5255339251996540048==" --===============5255339251996540048== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit At 6/28/1998, you wrote: > can you tell eml somehow to issue line breaks? your lines >look endless, sometimes hard to read. > >-- Newbie wonders; Are there not Linux mail and news clients that feature word wrap? Dave - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============5255339251996540048==-- From tanc@cuug.ab.ca Sun Jun 28 18:39:28 1998 From: tanc@cuug.ab.ca To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Wrap Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 12:39:28 -0600 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <98Jun28.122744-0600_mdt.267929-24066+7@mail.telusplanet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0201539400760874510==" --===============0201539400760874510== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pine has word wrap. :-)=20 On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, David Nelsen wrote: >=20 > At 6/28/1998, you wrote: > > > can you tell eml somehow to issue line breaks? your lines > >look endless, sometimes hard to read. > > > >--=20 > Newbie wonders; Are there not Linux mail and news clients that feature word > wrap? >=20 > Dave > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C. J. Tan E-mail: cjtan(a)acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038=20 tanc(a)cuug.ab.ca 1-403-606-4257=20 URL: http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc> Facsimile: 1-403-284-19= 80 "An engineer made programmer is one=20 who attempts to solve a problem, A programmer made engineer is one=20 who knows how to solve a problem." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============0201539400760874510==-- From schullersite@NOSPAMworldnet.att.net.suse.de Sun Jun 28 20:30:21 1998 From: schullersite@NOSPAMworldnet.att.net.suse.de To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] Wrap Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 15:30:21 -0500 Message-ID: <3596A7DD.980FDE39@NOSPAMworldnet.att.net> In-Reply-To: <98Jun28.122744-0600_mdt.267929-24066+7@mail.telusplanet.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0313560159161060311==" --===============0313560159161060311== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit David Nelsen wrote: > Newbie wonders; Are there not Linux mail and news clients that feature word > wrap? I'm using one of them. Ken > > Dave > - > To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with > this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e -- Ken Schuller Network Systems Specialist NovaNET Learning, Inc. Take out the spam foil to reply via e-mail. Incidentally, I speak for me. That's all. No one else. Linux- the best things in life are free! (Or at least GPL'ed...) - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============0313560159161060311==--