From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 27 23:13:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA10003 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:13:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.uniserve.com (dns1-van.uniserve.com [204.244.163.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id XAA09997 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:13:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from p3-23.van.tvs.net [204.244.158.198] by mail.uniserve.com with smtp (Exim 1.70 #1) id 0xFCbL-0000lV-00; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:13:08 -0700 From: "Brian Moss" To: Subject: FTP installation problem Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 23:13:04 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1008.3 X-MimeOle: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE Engine V4.71.1008.3 Message-Id: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I hope this isn't a stupid question, but I was wondering what I'm doing wrong when installing FreeBSD by FTP. The installation floppy boots up fine. I configure it to fit my system, it talks to itself for a while, and then the menu system starts. I read through the docs (5 or 6 times, now) and followed instructions for novice installation over FTP, using PPP connection. I used the "term" program, and successfully logged on to my ISP. I then told the installer that I was connected, and sat back to see what happened. The info dialog displayed a message saying it was logging in to FTP@ftp.freebsd.org, and then sat there for a minute or two before saying that the login had failed. Unknown error. I've repeated the procedure for every server on the list (closest ones first, of course), all with the same result. I appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks. Brian (bmoss@bigfoot.com) "Welcome to the wonderful world of high technology." --A.D. Walter Skinner, FBI