From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 3 17:35:34 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA15020 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:35:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA15015 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:35:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA20978; Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:34:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:34:30 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: Stan Brown cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: Advice on installing over bad ppp link In-Reply-To: <199703040036.TAA07991@netcom15.netcom.com> 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, 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