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Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 03:22:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" <root@pukruppa.de>
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To: Chris Peterson <chris@potamus.org>
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Subject: Re: FTP install silently fails and then installer has DNS resolution
 problems?
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2001, Chris Peterson wrote:

> I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.4 over FTP. Unfortunately, I can never
> complete the install because the install step to FTP all the files fails
> repeatedly. The computer is behind a NAT, so I am using passive FTP and DHCP
> behind the NAT.
>
> After I select FTP from ftp.freebsd.org, everything seems to be working.
> About half way through copying the files for the / partition, the installer
> unexpectedly asks me to choose an FTP server again. I choose ftp.freebsd.org
> again, but now the installer cannot resolve any DNS names, even
> ftp.freebsd.org which worked a few minutes earlier.  I have reproduced this
> problem six times out of six attempts..
I have seen something similar when I tried to do a network
installation. Try to type your ftp-server's IP instead of
its domain name.
ftp4.freebsd.org would be 205.149.189.91

Regards,

Uli.

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