From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 27 13:03:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA11572 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:03:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA11338 for ; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:02:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA07928; Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:02:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803272102.NAA07928@implode.root.com> To: Bill Sandiford cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help installing FreeBSD 2.2.6 In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 27 Mar 1998 12:34:00 PST." <199803272034.MAA07590@implode.root.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 13:02:24 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>I am trying to install freebsd 2.2.6 from ftp download (I don't have a >>cdrom) >> >>After I setup all the partitions etc I come to the interface screen. I >>fill out all the appropriate host names ip addresses etc. When I press ok >>It comes up saying >> >>Adding Default route to 207.107.160.10. >> >>It stays on this screen and will not go any farther. >> >>Please help...This is one of my critical servers that I am trying to >>install and I am totally lost on this one. > > It's probably trying to contact the nameserver (and not succeeding). Try >typing ctrl-C to get past that. Oops, that's not going to work (I really should read messages more carefully before replying! Sorry). Someone else suggested that you try putting the IP address of the server in instead of the name so that DNS isn't used to resolve it...this might work. The IP address of wcarchive is 165.113.121.81. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message