Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 21:06:07 -0800 (PST) From: Jim Shankland <jas@agua.flyingfox.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: conf/2294: sysinstall over PPP to "custom" URL doesn't work Message-ID: <199612270506.VAA00372@agua.flyingfox.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199612270510.VAA02220@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2294 >Category: conf >Synopsis: sysinstall over PPP to "custom" URL doesn't work >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 26 21:10:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jim Shankland >Organization: Flying Fox Computer Systems, Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386 >Environment: Pentium 133 on Asus P/I-P55TP4N IDE disk using serial ports on the motherboard (probably none of this matters) >Description: Can't load FreeBSD via sysinstall using PPP if you specify a "custom" URL -- e.g. ftp://myprivaterepository/pub/FreeBSD/ You get a clearly bogus error message ("Can't connect to .52.18", where this is the tail end of the entered gateway IP address). This problem appeared between 2.1.0 and 2.1.5, and still exists in 2.2-BETA_A. >How-To-Repeat: Use PPP to install FreeBSD on a machine, and specify an URL of your own, rather than choosing one of the offered ones. (It works fine if you use Ethernet rather than PPP.) >Fix: Workaround: take your machine to the office, and install over Ethernet :-). >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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