Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 15:52:01 +0100 From: matt quelch <mattq@techies.co.uk> To: "'dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu'" <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Ref: freebsd Message-ID: <c=GB%a=_%p=Techies%l=EXCHANGE-960923145201Z-13@exchange.pipex.net>
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Thanks firstly for your reply. I am trying to reach ftp.freebsd.org I can reach this ftp server from the same pc if booted under windows 95. any response from anyone else in the same situation will be greatly appreciated...... *********************************************************** Techies Internet Matt Quelch Internet Sales Executive mailto:mattq@techies.co.uk http://www.techies.co.uk *********************************************************** >---------- >From: Doug White[SMTP:dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu] >Sent: 21 September 1996 04:25 >To: matt quelch >Cc: 'questions@freebsd.org' >Subject: Re: Ref: freebsd > >On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, matt quelch wrote: > >> I hope you dont mind me emailing you direct but i urgently need >> assistance on installing freebsd over ftp. >> I have a 500md fdisked drive. I boot from the 2.1.5 disk i have created, >> select novice etc...then install method ftp. >> I set my host name to br ns0 domain is techies.co.uk name server is a >> remote dns server from uunet pipex. The gateway is my leased line router >> 64k. >> It gets as far as trying to log in as ftp user then sits there and does >> nothing.? > >Hm. > >What ftp server are you trying? Can you reach it OK from another >machine >on the same local net? > >host name should be fully qualified, ie, ns0.techies.co.uk. >DNS server should have an IP address not a name. (Sorry, you can't >lookup >the name server to find the IP address for the name server.) > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking >Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > >
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