From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 24 10:00:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA29658 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:00:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from exchange.pipex.net (exchange.techies.co.uk [193.130.87.67]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA29596 for ; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 10:00:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by exchange.pipex.net with Microsoft Exchange (IMC 4.0.837.3) id <01BBAA42.1EE70280@exchange.pipex.net>; Tue, 24 Sep 1996 17:59:24 +0100 Message-ID: From: matt quelch To: "'dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu'" Cc: "'questions@freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: Ref: freebsd Date: Mon, 23 Sep 1996 15:52:01 +0100 X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.837.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 > >