Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 00:14:04 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Chris Peterson" <chris@potamus.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FTP install silently fails and then installer has DNS resolution problems? Message-ID: <001901c17652$4fce4ac0$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <000b01c1760b$7a8be1b0$a586fa18@chris>
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>-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Peterson >Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 3:47 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: FTP install silently fails and then installer has DNS >resolution problems? > > >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 This is a symptom of a broken network connection. When I've dealt with this in the past the problem has either been bad hardware, (the NIC, the driver, the hub, etc.) or a circuit/line problem. What network adapter do you have in your machine? One thing you might try is FTPing the ISO file and burning a CD and doing a CD installation. People have also done floppy installations although this is time consuming. If you go the floppy route, do a minimal installation and then once the system is booted off the harddisk, you can FTP the tarballs down and then selectively install features. >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.. > >If I try to configure the network settings again, I see that my netmask has >changed from 255.255.255.0 to 0xffffffff. I know these are equivalent >numbers, but if I change it back to 255.255.255.0, sometimes the DNS >resolution will work again, but usually not. > When you ifconfig the netmask it jars loose the network driver and things start working again. (sometimes) What is the NIC? Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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