Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:01:22 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@keystone.westminster.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970918205516.7066A-100000@keystone.westminster.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970915222739.3096T-100000@localhost>
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On Mon, 15 Sep 1997, Doug White wrote: > On Sun, 14 Sep 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > I wonder if this is the information overload bug rearing it's ugly head > again. There was (is?) a known bug with ppp that will cause it to drop out > under heavy traffic. You might try a newer boot floppy and use the > options menu and tell it it's installing 2.2.2-RELEASE instead. Never had a problem with PPP, even under heavy load, back when I had the machine up. What newer boot floppy? I was using the newer/boot.flp under 2.2.2-RELEASE, the 2.1.7.1 is older, and the 3.0-SNAP kernel from ftp.freebsd.org page faults after the kernel config thingy. Or shouldn't it do that...? > If you're doing an upgrade or have a supported removable disk, did you > know you can download the files ahead of time to a directory structure and > then install files from the local FS? It takes longer than over a local > net link because of the file access but saves you some problems if the > boot floppy is giving you pain. I don't think the install kernel has support for parallel ZIP, does it? > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo > :-} MAtt (.sig sym-linked to /dev/null)
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