From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 6 20:52:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA06776 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 May 1996 20:52:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA06729 for ; Mon, 6 May 1996 20:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA29061; Mon, 6 May 1996 20:55:47 -0700 Date: Mon, 6 May 1996 20:55:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: James L Fox cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing with ftp In-Reply-To: <8lXVHUC8XfYe14tVFA@pitt.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 6 May 1996, James L Fox wrote: > ditto (almost) > You must be getting farther than me 'cause I never see "Connecting..." > I struggled for hours thinking I had DNS problems but when I chose > "Other" and specified the ftp://163......../path method the result was > the same - "Can't ftp to ..." I know the hardware is OK because I > can reboot to DOS and ftp to FreeBSD.org [to look around for ideas] > any time I wish. I'm running a Dell pentium with 2 1.2g disks. > > The boot.flp & rawrite.exe download went without a hitch followed > by an encouraging session with the bootup/configuration utilities. > It's a bummer to hit that dead silence of a failed ftp connection > after such an encouraging start. :-( > > Can we assume the boot software is recognizing the necessary > hardware [like my ethernet card] when it doesn't complain? I would double-check the settings in -c. > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > My SMC card IS being recognized at bootup from the floppy. > > I have a feeling I'm missing something so fundamental to > this process that you don't even put it in the documentation! Does it bring up the ifconfig window? Are you entering the proper options? Are you waiting a while, allowing ftp.cdrom.com to respond? It is a loaded server. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major