Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:11:51 -0500 From: Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Something's Wrong - 4.1 FTP install - please help!!! Message-ID: <399A9317.636431BC@ispchannel.com> References: <3999BFD1.A14CF04C@ispchannel.com>
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Has anyone else experienced this or know what I'm doing wrong if anything? My BSD system is down until I get this resolved. Mark Mark Hummel wrote: > > I'm trying to install 4.1 STABLE via FTP. > > Here's some history: > > 1) Had 4.0 STABLE installed from CD ROM for 4 months to learn FBSD. > > 2) Ran out of hard drive space so I decided to repartition my BSD drive > from 1087M to 2800M. > > 3) Since BSD is going to be deleted anyway, I decided to install 4.1 > STABLE via FTP > > 4) Floppy creation - easy! Floppy boot - easy! Kernel config - easy! > > 5) After selecting all my options, I get the following error message > for every download in sequence: > > Unable to transfer the bin ditribution from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ > > I was told by a friend that the site was down for a while today so I > waited and tried again 2 hours later. Then 4 hours later with the same > results. I decided to reboot to Warp and check the site. It was up and > running!!! > > BSD apparently recongizes my cable modem and network card (same set up I > used with 4.0) since it was able to automatically capture my hostname > and ISP server. I can even watch my modem light flash for a second > until it errors out. > > Any ideas??? > > Mark > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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