Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 22:15:41 +1100 From: "Le" <lequang@student.unsw.edu.au> To: <questions@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <s2227980@cse.unsw.edu.au> Subject: Installation via FTP Message-ID: <000a01bade83$d11c8820$0100007f@localhost>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BADEE0.032C85C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I'm attempting to install FreeBSD via FTP. Everything seems to be = correct until when I needed to configure ppp0 as a result of choosing = the installation method (via FTP) . The screen reached has various = fields, which includes Host // for this i wrote "localhost" Domain // wrote "localdomain.com" IPv4 Gateway // left blank NameServer // inserted the primary DNS =20 IPv4 address // left blank I've spoken to my ISP and they informed me that IP addresses were = dynamically assigned.=20 After typing "dial" at the ppp prompt and waiting for about half a min I = get a disconnected message of some sort. When I try to continue the = installation process it says it cant perform the domain name translation = or to that effect and was unable to open the ftp site. Could you advise me where I went wrong??If you require further details = of what I have tried so far, please feel to email me. Many thanks Le ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BADEE0.032C85C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm attempting to install FreeBSD via = FTP.=20 Everything seems to be correct until when I needed to configure ppp0 as = a result=20 of choosing the installation method (via FTP) . The screen reached = has=20 various fields, which includes</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Host = // for=20 this i wrote "localhost"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Domain // wrote=20 "localdomain.com"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IPv4 Gateway // left = blank</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>NameServer = // inserted the=20 primary DNS </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>IPv4 address // left=20 blank</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I've spoken to my ISP and they informed = me that IP=20 addresses were dynamically assigned. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>After typing "dial" at the ppp prompt = and waiting=20 for about half a min I get a disconnected message of some sort. When I = try to=20 continue the installation process it says it cant perform the domain = name=20 translation or to that effect and was unable to open the ftp = site.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Could you advise me where I went = wrong??If you=20 require further details of what I have tried so far, please = feel to=20 email me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Many thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Le</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01BADEE0.032C85C0-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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