Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:53:04 -0400 From: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: "FreeBSD Current" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cannot install october snapshot from ftp server Message-ID: <47d0403c0810261153l559c6cc9m7b9b41ec84cd6bd9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0810191803j6cb9c91cy40693f3f7afd9ebe@mail.gmail.com> References: <47d0403c0810190826x7d4f5d77n4464c066611a8b19@mail.gmail.com> <20081019202911.P27079@mp2.macomnet.net> <47d0403c0810191803j6cb9c91cy40693f3f7afd9ebe@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, 11:26-0400, Ben Kaduk wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I actually had trouble with September, too, but I didn't try terribly hard. >>> >>> As I understand it, only a couple of ftp servers have the actual >>> distribution data >>> for the snapshots, with current.freebsd.org (aliased to >>> snapshots.jp.freebsd.org) >>> being canonical; I assume that snapshots.se.freebsd.org would also be likely >>> to have them, from its name. >>> >>> However, as I went to install amd64 last night, I was getting "failed to log in" >>> messages from current.freebsd.org, and I think from snapshots.se.freebsd.org >>> as well (though my memory is not 100% certain). Certainly I failed to install >>> a system by this method, and resorted to downloading disc 1 and doing a >>> standard install from CD. >>> >>> I am moderately inclined to believe that I'm seeing server-side >>> problems, but I'm not sure. Are there other servers that would have >>> the distributions for the monthly snapshots? >>> >> There is snapshots/ directory practically on any FreeBSD ftp mirror. >> E.g. >> >> ftp://ftp2.ru.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots >> ftp://ftp2.ru.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200810 >> > > > Hm. I seem to be having trouble, here. I've been seeing other odd > behaviour with this laptop (thinkpad T400), such as the optical drive > not being enumerated on warm boots (I'll send a separate correspondence > about that), so it might be specific to this machine. > > In any case, if I boot into the installer (amd64 8-current october 2008 > snapshot) and do: > United States > Custom installation > options--> DHCP, FTP installation (media type) > --> main site (ftp.freebsd.org) > interface em0 > noIPv6 > host: hysteresis.mit.edu > domain: mit.edu > IPv4 gateway: 18.187.0.1 > name server: 18.71.0.151 > IPv4 address: 18.187.7.74 netmask 255.255.0.0 > (no extra options) > > use existing partition; select mountpoints for existing slices > (disable softupdates) > distributions--> all > ports collection: no > commit pending changes > [...] > logging in to ftp@ftp.freebsd.org > > ***User Confirmation Requested*** > Warning: Can't find the '8.0-CURRENT-200810' distribution on this > FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for > the release you are trying to fetch or go to the Options > menu and to set the release name to explicitly match what's > available on ftp.freebsd.org (or set to "any"). > > Would you like to select another FTP server? > [yes] > > [select by URL] > ftp://ftp2.ru.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200810 > You've already done the network configuration once, > would you like to skip over it now? > [yes] > [logging in to ftp@ftp2.ru.freebsd.org..] > [hangs for a few minutes (sorry, didn't start timing right at the beginning)] > Couldn't open FTP connection to ftp2.ru.freebsd.org: > Service not available, closing control connection. > > > [unable to initialize selected media; would you like to try again?] > [yes] > FTP--> snapshots server Japan (snapshots.jp.freebsd.org) > [skip over network configuration] > > Cannot resolve hostname 'snapshots.jp.freebsd.org'! Are you sure that your > name server, gateway and network interface are correctly configured? > > > Any further attempts to do anything result in hostname resolution failure; > I am forced to reboot. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Any further thoughts on what I'm doing wrong, or is this > starting to look like a bug? > > > Thanks, > > Ben Kaduk > For the archives: I have reasons to suspect that the CD I was using was corrupted (though I have not yet had a chance to actually checksum the actual media I used). Hopefully this is just a false alarm. -Ben Kaduk
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