From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 24 20:20:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7472F106564A for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:20:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBAF98FC08 for ; Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:20:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from seedling.black-earth.co.uk (seedling.black-earth.co.uk [81.187.76.163]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o3OKJx0k003366 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:20:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <4BD3526F.2090700@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:19:59 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?0JDQvdGC0L7QvSDQmtC70LXRgdGB?= References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.96 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_ALL, SPF_FAIL autolearn=no version=3.3.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Installing from FTP: unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:20:05 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/04/2010 20:51:40, Антон Клесс wrote: > Good day. I am trying to install 8.3-RELEASE on remote servers using > "bootonly" ISO image connected through IPMI virtual media and then choosing > FTP as installation media to get distributions. Excellent. You must tell us the secrets of being able to download through a timewarp: I'm sure some of the devs would just love to be able to cut'n'paste all that future code, rather than spend all the effort of writing it in the first place. Oh. Perhaps you mean 7.3-RELEASE ? > There are 2 similiar servers. On first one all gone OK and I get working > system, but on second - nothing wants to go OK. After choosing FTP-server > from list in sysinstall (I have already tryed about 10 of them) GENERIC > distribution starts to download, and progress-bar as usual moving to 100%, > but then I get message Suspect hardware on the second system? Try escaping to the shell (Alt-F4) after pulling down some of the distribution sets and see if 'netstat -i' shows interface errors. Try swapping out network cables, new switch ports, different NIC on the server you're installing (if possible). Check for stupid errors like duplex mismatch --- locking down the speed on the switch and letting the server autoneg (or vice versa) is a favourite foot-shooting mechanism. Cheers Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvTUm8ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzTsACfUF5KsH6XqYFSX/PxE5Q7epC+ 5mUAnibVr8+xpM0/K5w3s1QyPUUGSdnD =4yYg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----