From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 15 17:23:21 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA07813 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:23:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA07807 for ; Mon, 15 Feb 1999 17:23:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA07903; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:53:16 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) id LAA08025; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:53:15 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19990216115315.V2207@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:53:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Malartre Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: School server: boot.flp wont install, weird ftp problem. References: <36C8BCE2.306161B5@aei.ca> <19990216110848.Q2207@lemis.com> <36C8BED0.F2F2672C@aei.ca> <19990216111604.S2207@lemis.com> <36C8C74A.17260F93@aei.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <36C8C74A.17260F93@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 08:18:02PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 20:18:02 -0500, Malartre wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:41:52 -0500, Malartre wrote: >>> Greg Lehey wrote: >>>> >>>> On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:33:38 -0500, Malartre wrote: >>>>> Ok, I try to install FreeBSD on an old 486 IBM Aptiva with 24 meg of ram >>>>> and a 3com 3c509b Ethernet card at school. Note that I disabled pnp on >>>>> the Ethernet card. >>>>> Ok, boot.flp (old from one month, 2.2.8-RELEASE) boot perfectly on the >>>>> computer (with a visual config of the kernel). >>>>> I now try to install 2.2.8-RELEASE through FTP (passive mode, through a >>>>> firewall) and configure the ethernet. I was able to contact the host, >>>>> but not to establish the connection... I tryed ftp.freebsd.org, >>>>> ftp.ca.freebsd.org and some other mirrors. On another computer, I logged >>>>> succesfully to ftp.freebsd.org with netscape. >>>>> 1) Is it my school who block me (the firewall?) >>>> >>>> That's possible. >>>> >>>>> 2) Is it boot.flp who is to old? >>>> >>>> No. >>> >>> Why then, on the other computer, I can ftp with netscape? >>> Is it different? >> >> Is the IP address different? Is Netscape using a proxy? > > Yes. And Netscape is using a proxy.. Anyway, I'll ask tomorow to the > technician. > Note that the box was able to dns resolve freebsd.org, just not to log. OK. If you're using a proxy, you're probably firewalled. >> What is the IP address? It would be interesting to see if we can get in. Don't you have a CD-ROM you could use? This would solve a lot of problems. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message