From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 14 14:20:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA24522 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:20:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA24492 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:20:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA08102; Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:20:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 14:20:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Jose Hernandez cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: downloading In-Reply-To: <01bde013$aa29aba0$b7f92499@mexica> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, Jose Hernandez wrote: > I' ve been trying to download FreeBSD, but I can't seem to connect to > the server. I have the boot floppy and get into the installation, but > when I try to run the term command after configuring the slip > connection nothing happens. When I type in the term command nothing > happens. After pressing alt-F1, I get a message that I can't resolve > ftp.FreeBSD.com, any help would be greatly apprecaited. Thanks, Jose It should be ftp.freebsd.org. The connection probalby didn't come up or the routing wasn't set. Try running 'add 0 0 HISADDR' after you get the PPP> prompt back. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message