Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 16:15:39 -0600 (CST) From: mailing list account <lists@argus.flash.net> To: ocasey@UGAstro.Berkeley.EDU (Sean O'Casey Hoss) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ftp does not work Message-ID: <199602082215.QAA11762@argus.flash.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.960208112846.28631A-100000@ttauri> from "Sean O'Casey Hoss" at Feb 8, 96 12:04:32 pm
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> Sysadmin:
>
> I would like to run FreeBSD on my PC at home. I sent a message to you on
> Feb 6 that detailed my hardware and the steps I took before I received the
> error message "Cannot resolve hostname 'ftp.freebsd.org'! Are you sure
> that your name server, gateway and network interface are configured?"
> The reply I got was as follows:
I ran into this problem myself installing 2.1.0-RELEASE on a p6-150 this last
weekend..
> Nope - this is your problem - you need to configure the things you
> mention. It sounds like you have not entered a correct IP number for your
> providers DNS machine. All your other problems could be a symptom of this.
> Anthony Hill
Whoever said that has no idea what he is talking about. As one of the
sysadmins here at flash.net, I can assure you that our dns server's ip
was entered correctly, several times...
> So I called campus User Account Services and they verified that I have
> the correct IP information for the hostname, IP address, gateway/router
> address, and nameserver address. I can reach the freebsd ftp site
> manually, so it seems that the hardware and protocols are configured
> correctly. After I connect to the campus server and I switch back to
> tty1, what does the sysinstall program do next? After I connect to my
^0
> provider, should I negotiate the connection any further (enter PPP mode,
> start an ftp session,...)?
I'd also like to see an answer to this... I had to drag my m-o drive from
home, and pop it on the scsi bus in order to load 2.1 [easier to have a few
m-o disks than to keep buying cd-roms, ftp is cheep...
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