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Date:      Sun, 3 Aug 1997 14:34:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Christopher S. Adams" <chrada29@idt.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: installation question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970803143411.4970E-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <33DF2E62.39484A27@mail.idt.net>

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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Christopher S. Adams wrote:

> ok...i'm new to freebsd and i'm having trouble with the ftp install
> i'm using a 28.8 modem :(
> i try to run the ftp install...it gets like 300k of the installation,
> then drops carrier
> is there any way to avoid this?

It depends on who's dropping carrier.   If you're getting a long idle
time, you might try doing 'set timeout 0' before dropping into 'term' to
disable the idle timeout.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
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