From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 29 12:57:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47FC216A4CF for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 12:57:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFCB943D46 for ; Sat, 29 May 2004 12:57:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C26969A71; Sat, 29 May 2004 15:57:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <40B8EB42.4090005@potentialtech.com> Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 15:57:54 -0400 From: Bill Moran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040506 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: SWIT References: <002101c44595$a0917f30$6665a8c0@Biggie> <40B8B707.9040904@potentialtech.com> <001501c445b4$3e13c790$6665a8c0@Biggie> In-Reply-To: <001501c445b4$3e13c790$6665a8c0@Biggie> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd Subject: Re: unable to install from floppies X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 19:57:57 -0000 SWIT wrote: > Hello, > thanks for the help. However I see no were to put in the IP address for the > ftp server. Its already there in the list of all the ftp servers to d/l the > files from. On the screen where you select the FTP server, use the URL option and enter the IP address. > Mark > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Moran" > To: "SWIT" > Cc: "freebsd" > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:15 PM > Subject: Re: unable to install from floppies > > > >>SWIT wrote: >> >>>Hello, >>>I am tyring to install from the floppies. >>>I get to the point were I choose the ftp server to d/l from. >>>then it says can't resolve the ftp.freebsd.org or any of the servers. >>>I tried a static ip and a dhcp ip and neither would work but other > > computers > >>>on my network will find ftp.freebsd.org (all windows units). >>> >>>I am behind a sonicwall and then a linksys router and have no trouble > > going > >>>to any site on the net so not sure why I can't get a resolve. >>>I tried several different namservers and none made a difference. >> >>Not sure what's wrong, but a workaround would be to find out the IP > > address > >>of the FTP server you want to use, and use that instead: >> >>bash-2.05b$ host ftp.freebsd.org >>ftp.freebsd.org has address 62.243.72.50 >>ftp.freebsd.org has address 204.152.184.73 -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com