From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Aug 10 17:50: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from goblin.apana.org.au (goblin.apana.org.au [203.3.126.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9B6437BCB4 for ; Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:49:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by goblin.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA01611; Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:49:32 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner.apana.org.au(203.3.126.132), claiming to be "ROADRUNNER" via SMTP by goblin.apana.org.au, id smtpdiY1609; Fri Aug 11 10:49:17 2000 Message-ID: <054201c0032e$a4cf4580$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> From: "Doug Young" To: "Nathan Speed" Cc: References: Subject: Re: freebsd install stalls Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 10:49:48 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org G'dayNathan That sort of thing is normal here in OZ .... I've just put it down to the neanderthal PSTN / internet stuff we have due to the Federal Government monopoly on the stuff. If I have the time & inclination I poke around a few different FTP sites & usually find a more reliable connection somewhere on the planet. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Speed" To: Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 9:35 AM Subject: freebsd install stalls > Hi all, > I usually install freebsd over ftp with the two floppy disks. (I've never > tried a CD installation.) I've noticed that during the installation while > files are being downloaded to my computer the process stops and I am > returned to the ftp site menu. When I enter a choice at this menu the > installation continues where it left off. This happens several times > during the installation process. It is not a big deal since I am able to > complete the install. It just means that I can't start the install and > then walk away and do something else. Has anybody else experienced this > or do people know what is causing this? > By the way, I've had this same thing happen on multiple versions of > freebsd and on multiple servers. > > thanks, > Nathan Speed > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message