From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 18 15:16:02 2003 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 8B44316A4B3 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:16:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from remt21.cluster1.charter.net (remt21.cluster1.charter.net [209.225.8.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B118F43F75 for ; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:16:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chowse@charter.net) Received: from [66.168.145.25] (HELO moe) by remt21.cluster1.charter.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 162538154; Thu, 18 Sep 2003 18:16:00 -0400 From: "Charles Howse" To: , Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:15:52 -0500 Message-ID: <000701c37e32$6c5af230$04fea8c0@moe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <005701c37e30$95ecf410$6501a8c0@Goldhammer> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: RE: newbie downloading iso images 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: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:16:02 -0000 > I am trying to download a release 4.8 of FreeBSD but I am having > problems finding the correct file names/locations to download > the files. > > I can ftp to ftp1.us.FreeBSD.org as well as other mirror sites > > I can cd to pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.8-RELEASE > > I cannot "dir" or "ls" to see the list of files in the > directory--I get > "Connection closed by remote host." I assume the files are hidden? > Given that I cannot see the file names I was following the > instructions > and filenames given in the FreeBSD Handbook. > > I have tried to get: > 4.8-mini.iso > 4.8-disc1.iso > > I have also tried getting these images from this path as well: > pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/4.8 > > Does anyone know of a mirror ftp that will allow me to see the file > names? Or allow me privileges to see and download the files? > > Here is my typical session from DOS ftp: > > C:\download>ftp > ftp> open ftp1.us.FreeBSD.org > > Connected to freebsd.secsup.org. > 220 Welcome to mirrors.secsup.org FTP service. > User (freebsd.secsup.org:(none)): ftp > 331 Please specify the password. > Password: > 230 Login successful. Have fun. > ftp> cd pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/4.8 > 250 Directory successfully changed. > ftp> get "4.8-disc1.iso" r48_disc1.iso > Connection closed by remote host. > ftp> You're using the wrong filenames. Here's the 4.8 directory listing: ftp> cd 4.8 250 Directory successfully changed. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful. Consider using PASV. 150 Here comes the directory listing. 4.8-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso 4.8-RELEASE-i386-disc2.iso 4.8-RELEASE-i386-mini.iso CHECKSUM.MD5 226 Directory send OK.