Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 01:08:35 +1100 From: Wendy Langer <hypatia@dingoblue.net.au> To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: System hangs when installing via ftp Message-ID: <200011061359.AAA14003@mail04.syd.optusnet.com.au>
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Hi there I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.0 onto a machine via ftp from a local site. I have tried several times so far. Each time, it downloads somewhere between a third and half the required files. Then it just stops! I have tried both active and passive ftp modes. One thing which concerned me was that the disk partition I am trying to install to is very small - only 120 Meg. (It's just an old 486 I'd like to use as a router for sharing the cable modem connection we have.) I worried that perhaps it was running out of space during the install, and that this was causing the hang,although it doesn't give any error message, it just stops transferring files. However, I'm not sure if this could really be the problem as the hanging is occurring at different points in the process. ie, The bin distribution is divided into bin.aa, bin.ab, bin.ac, etc - one time it only got as far as bin.ai, another time it got as far as bin.cw, and mostly it's given up the ghost somewhere in the bin.b* This is driving me crazy! The other option for getting the files across would be to take out the hard-drive and put it into the windows machine which has a cd0rom, put the files on it here, and then put it back into the potential-router machine with the files on it, and use "install from a dos partition". However due to the extremely infuriating placement of one of the screws holding the drive in,(don't ask me why....) this looks like it is going to require taking the motherboard and all of the cards out which is not something I want to do! One reason the partition is so small is that I have left the windows for workgroups system on it that it used to have, so that, if necessary, I can put the install files on here by transferring the drive to another computer as mentioned, and then put it back in the router and use "install from dos partition". If I wiped this old dos partition out then I would have the whole 240 meg to play with, however I only want to do this if I am fairly sure that the ftp install will work. I don't want to be left having to make up a whole set of install floppies or something! I suppose I could try taking the cd-rom out of the windows machine and putting it in the 486 just for the purposes of getting the installation done - this is not something I've done before though and I'm not sure how difficult it would turn out to be. Since I don't know whether the problem is one of space, or some other problem with the ftp sysinstall process, I haven't taken any other steps yet. so I'm writing to ask for any comments or help. I can send more info as required, Thank you Wendy Langer (FreeBSD very-newbie, unix-in-general fairly-newbie) -- Wendy Langer, hypatia@dingoblue.net.au on 07/11/2000 at 1:07:35 am To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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