Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:34:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com> Cc: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com> Subject: Re: Advice on installing over bad ppp link Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970303173337.20973A-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703040036.TAA07991@netcom15.netcom.com>
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On Mon, 3 Mar 1997, Stan Brown wrote: > I am trying to install 2.2 GAMA on my new laptop using ftp via an > unreliable ppp link. Unreliable that is in keeping a connection for the > *several* hours required to do a full install. > > Is there anyway to get the install to restart where it left off? Any > other advice on this? No, you've got to go the whole way... Try re-fetching the boot floppy from ftp.freebsd.org. We've put a new version up that should help the unstable ppp problems. Did you try installing files from a DOS partition, if any? Or is this machine totally dedicated to FreeBSD? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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