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Subject: i386/20513: Installation (over internet) does not work with DHCP; stops at "Scanning for DHCP servers"
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>Number:         20513
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Installation (over internet) does not work with DHCP; stops at "Scanning for DHCP servers"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Aug 09 17:40:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     G Muthukumar
>Release:        4.1
>Organization:
WIPRO
>Environment:
FreeBSD freebsd.spl.sequent.com 4.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jul 27 04:44:16 GMT 2000     root@usw4.freebsd.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
I was trying to install FreeBSD 4.1 over the internet. As I don't have a fixed IP address, I started the installation
using DHCP. But the installation does not proceed after that. There is a message "Scanning for DHCP servers" and installion
is stalled there. 

It is NOT that there are no DHCP servers available. When I boot my system in win95, I do get the IP address and other information.
(I managed to install using a fixed IP address; Also there are no incompatibility issue between the server and the client
as the system is currently up with an IP address from the DHCP server)
>How-To-Repeat:
Start the installation of 4.1 through FTP method using DHCP.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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