From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 21 10:47:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA07648 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:47:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from bp.ucs.usl.edu (bp.ucs.usl.edu [130.70.40.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA07637 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 10:47:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from istvan@USL.edu) Received: from meme.usl.edu (meme.usl.edu [130.70.46.233]) by bp.ucs.usl.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1/ucs-server_1.2) with SMTP id MAA29779 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:45:53 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <35DDB04C.71BB@USL.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 12:37:16 -0500 From: "Dr. István S. N. Berkeley" Reply-To: istvan@USL.edu Organization: Philosophy, The University of Southwestern Louisiana X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FTP problems Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi there, I am trying to install freeBSD via FTP. Unfortunately, I have run into a problem which I cannot figure out, despite having read all the relevant docs. I really hope I am not being an utter idiot and wasting your time, but I would really appreciate some help. I have created a boot disk and it seems to work fine. The problem arises when I try to install via FTP. The Help menu recommends installation by ethernet, a type of connection the machine has. Unfortunately, when I get to the menu specificying how the connection is to be made, the only options which come up are direct parallel link or two pairs of SLIP and PPP opetion -- there doesn't seem to be an Ethernet option. I have tried using both the PPP options, but to no avail -- even though I have the name server info correct, I end up with the messahe that 'ftp.freebsd.org' is not recognised. I am at a loss as to what to try nest. Can you guys give me any clues? Many thanks in adavance and all the best, Istvan -- Istvan S. N. Berkeley Ph.D, E-mail: istvan@USL.edu, Philosophy, The University of Southwestern Louisiana, USL P. O. Box 43770, Lafayette, LA 70504-3770, USA. Tel:(318) 482 6807, Fax: (318) 482 6195, http://www.ucs.usl.edu/~isb9112 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message