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Date:      23 Dec 1998 17:02:12 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        koti@stph.net (B Koteswara rao)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: need a help
Message-ID:  <xzp3e66x2wr.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: koti@stph.net's message of "Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:12:50 %2B0000 (GMT)"
References:  <m0zsmDi-000xzSC@stph.net>

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koti@stph.net (B Koteswara rao) writes:
> i was trying to install free bsd last night. but i am un able to do it.
> i am trying to install it by anonymous ftp. 
> its giving something like   "looking up host ftp.freebsd.org"
> but its not getting further. no errors .. nothing is coming...

The installation is trying to look up the IP address of the FTP
server, and is apparently failing. You probably misconfigured your
network connection. What kind of connection do you have? Are you
installing over a dialup connection, or are you in a LAN that is
somehow connected to the Internet?

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no

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