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From: Jim Shankland <jas@agua.flyingfox.com>
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Subject: conf/2294: sysinstall over PPP to "custom" URL doesn't work
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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: