From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 8 14:16:18 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA03209 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:16:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from argus.flash.net (root@argus.flash.net [206.149.25.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA03189 for ; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 14:16:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from lists@localhost) by argus.flash.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA11762; Thu, 8 Feb 1996 16:15:39 -0600 From: mailing list account Message-Id: <199602082215.QAA11762@argus.flash.net> Subject: Re: ftp does not work To: ocasey@UGAstro.Berkeley.EDU (Sean O'Casey Hoss) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 16:15:39 -0600 (CST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Sean O'Casey Hoss" at Feb 8, 96 12:04:32 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply: > 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... -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" jbryant@argus.flash.net - FlashNet Communications - Ft. Worth, Texas