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Subject: Re: FTP installation problems 
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Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:05:47 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Over this last weekend I tried to install FreeBSD on my home pc.  I was
> able to go through all of the initial set-up without a hitch.  But when it
> came to actually downloading FreeBSD, the installation program would lock
> up.  I know that it must be the installation program because I have an

1. Which version of FreeBSD?
2. From which site were you loading it?

It's unlikely that FreeBSD locked up, though it's quite possible that
the connection between you and the mirror hung or timed out.

					Jordan