From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 26 18:53:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4ACDC106566B for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:53:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from minimarmot@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.25]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 004048FC0A for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:53:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from minimarmot@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 9so765968qwb.7 for ; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:53:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=UM1BNFk2hXoouoO7cDlgrF+Et9A2ngCZ0cy5gaeKwpI=; b=uVWiKyKIkT/uk6OXvChnMDfWwyFcsdZhrVCU6D7geOEXFFQEO0FPfAnSCv5kTixA/I uPxV+YDnKh08QcsOLelgktNgWIMjc05SJf8ESrPqCooh8dXaLXfwtJB3nmJoMWbJgnP5 B2sIL4MpBOOpSEp4LqxWBZ5thFJoJqpMC1Eb8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=Iw5YpNaMem/K8C0ZXTWUoIU25NbTakXFw2sh2maxKlC4EsQQqWDK8+aGNUIQepFkWe NpfHohzK7ifLeIbLfY843QFgIb9JKkFTqBfaEuCxC8bbnhqrRf1l0t4D+z6z4dO1Bpb3 Wa3OZH44VKTHfRFRWmoERV46KiNND6lq8ZDck= Received: by 10.215.39.5 with SMTP id r5mr1688671qaj.194.1225047185005; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:53:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.215.101.5 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:53:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47d0403c0810261153l559c6cc9m7b9b41ec84cd6bd9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 14:53:04 -0400 From: "Ben Kaduk" To: "FreeBSD Current" In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0810191803j6cb9c91cy40693f3f7afd9ebe@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <47d0403c0810190826x7d4f5d77n4464c066611a8b19@mail.gmail.com> <20081019202911.P27079@mp2.macomnet.net> <47d0403c0810191803j6cb9c91cy40693f3f7afd9ebe@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: cannot install october snapshot from ftp server X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:53:07 -0000 On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Ben Kaduk wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM, Maxim Konovalov 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