Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:32:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman <btillman99@yahoo.com> To: Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org>, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp installation Message-ID: <864559.78569.qm@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106112048390.28136@nber7.nber.org> References: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1106111841190.4137@nber6> <BANLkTi=Dtrmw9kZZ1ebJ3N%2BAs9CY013CLQ@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.LFD.2.00.1106112048390.28136@nber7.nber.org>
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=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Daniel Feenberg <fe= enberg@nber.org>=0ATo: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com>=0ACc: freebsd-q= uestions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Sat, June 11, 2011 8:50:48 PM=0ASubject: Re: f= tp installation=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Sat, 11 Jun 2011, Robert Simmons wrote:=0A=0A= > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Daniel Feenberg <feenberg@nber.org> wrot= e:=0A>>=0A>> I have tried many of the ftp sites enumerated in sysinstall, w= ith both=0A>> 7.4-RELEASE and 8.2-RELEASE, and in all cases the installatio= n proceeds=0A>> for a few seconds and then hangs, with the last message on = the console=0A>> always being:=0A>>=0A>> =A0DEBUG: Generating /etc/fstab fi= le.=0A>>=0A...=0A>>=0A>> Is there something off about the sysinstall ftp di= alog? I don't see a way to=0A>> monitor what is happening.=0A>=0A> Your fir= ewall may be interfering with the connection.=A0 You may want to=0A> read t= he handbook section on FTP installs (the grey box at the bottom=0A> of the = page):=0A> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/instal= l-media.html=0A>=0A=0AWell, our router has never interfered with ftp transf= ers done from the =0Acommand line, but switching to the firewall-friendly m= ode in sysinstall=0Adoes fix the problem.=0A=0AThank you=0ADaniel Feenberg= =0ANBER=0A=0A=0AIf I recall correctly I had to open up my firewall complete= ly to get the ftp =0Ainstallations to work. I use a FreeBSD diskless router= running IPFW+NATD and the =0Alog files are set to max out at 5 so I can't = see which port is trying to be used =0Awhich gets blocked. So just for the = 10 minutes or so to do an FTP install I just =0Aopen the firewall wide and = allow any to any. Once the install is complete I =0Aclose the firewall agai= n.
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