Date: Sat, 28 Sep 1996 19:27:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Vladimir Eltsov <ve@kapitza.ras.ru> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FTP install problem: 2.1.5 & 3c509 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960928192611.230J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <324BB58F.41C67EA6@kapitza.ras.ru>
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On Fri, 27 Sep 1996, Vladimir Eltsov wrote: > I am using FreeBSD 2.1.0 for quite a while without problems. > Recently I tried to install 2.1.5. FTP install is the most > suitabale way for me, but after ftp transfer started > installation hangs very soon at random point. (I tried > different ftp servers). My hardware is 486DX2-66, VLB, EIDE > hard drive, 3c509 Ethernet card -- nothing special. The 3c509 is slightly suspicious. On some computers, it can hang randomly, which sounds like what you are getting. Unfortuately I can't give a solution at this point other than to borrow a NE2000-compatible card for a while to do the install. > Any ideas what's the problem? > And if I'll manage to install it (for a pity install from > DOS partition is not an option), how could I be sure that > networking will work properly after that? It'll work just fine. Don't forget to install the src/ssys distribution so you can rebuild your kernel. I'm positive of this; I did my original FreeBSD install from floppies. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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