Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 23:51:58 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Riedinger <jan@physik.TU-Berlin.DE> To: freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Problems with ftp install 951005-SNAP (fwd) Message-ID: <199510132251.XAA28973@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de>
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Forwarded message: I had exactly the same problemes as discribed in the following news article with different hardware. At the end I used boot.flp from the SNAP before 951005. Jan > > From comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Fri Oct 13 11:44:30 1995 > Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > Path: hal!fub!fu-berlin.de!news.belwue.de!scsing.switch.ch!swidir.switch.ch!in2p3.fr!univ-lyon1.fr!jussieu.fr!oleane!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.cs.utah.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!newsh> ub.nosc.mil!news!huck > From: huck@nosc.mil (Craig Huckabee) > Subject: Problems with ftp install 951005-SNAP > Message-ID: <1995Oct11.160110.20708@nosc.mil> > Followup-To: huck@nosc.mil, comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc > Summary: Problems with ftp install > Sender: huck@nosc.mil > Organization: NISE East > Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 16:01:10 GMT > Lines: 40 > > > Hi, > > I've just attempted to install the latest SNAP, and everything goes > fine until I get to the fetching of the distribution via FTP > - it doesn't work. > > ifconfig shows that my ethernet card is up and has the correct > ip address, netmask, and broadcast address. Pings from another > station back to this host work. Boot messages find all of my > hardware correctly. > > I've looked on the debug screen w/extra debugging turned on and it > doesn't even look like it's trying to connect. Previous installs would > show each attempt, the opening banner of each ftp site, and other > info that would let the user know that it was at least trying to > connect - even if the site was busy. > > Now, I get nothing on the debug screen and the first screen just tells > me the install failed and asks me to pick another site. Also, when I > try to <Cancel> out of the ftp site selection screen, it doesn't cancel > but instead tries to fetch the distribution again! I've been stuck in > this menu for a while (only a ^C sets me free). > > Is there anything else I can try? This was a working platform with > the last snap and the 2.0.5 release, both installed via ftp just fine. > > My hardware configuration (if it helps) is : > > ASUS PCI/E P54NP4 motherboard with 1 133Mhz pentium > Cogent PCI 960TP ethernet card > Adaptec 2940 PCI SCSI controller > ATI GUP Video card > > Any help is appreciated... > > Thanks, > Craig > huck@nosc.mil > > -- > e-mail: dirk@hal.in-berlin.de PGP-Public-Key available > > "Ueberfall, Waffen, Schutzgeld, Terror, Plutonium, Sprengstoff, > Bomben, Rauschgift, Drogen, Anschlag, Erpressung, Mord, Raub" > > Microsoft Network is prohibited from redistributing this work in > any form, in whole or in part. License to distribute this post is > available to Microsoft for $1000. Posting without permission > constitutes an agreement to these terms. >
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