From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 22 14:49:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA16073 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 14:49:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (pinsoft.internet.co.nz [202.37.141.181]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA16048 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 14:49:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@pinnacle.co.nz) Received: from kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz (kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz [202.37.163.2]) by kakapo.pinnacle.co.nz (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id LAA12276; Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:46:51 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:46:51 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: John Garrett cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP: service not available, closing control connection In-Reply-To: <227A98C3E85@bhs.jcsd1.k12.wy.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, John Garrett wrote: > I was trying to set up 3, now I'm trying 2.2.8-RELEASE > > Still same damned 'service not available' message. Don't make me load > NT boys. Hmm. If I connect to ftp.freebsd.org, it comes up with: ~,11:43am> date Wed Dec 23 11:43:22 NZDT 1998 ~,11:43am> ftp ftp.freebsd.org Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com. 220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-3.1.27 Wed Dec 2 01:29:08 PST 1998) ready. 331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password. 230-Welcome to wcarchive - home FTP site for Walnut Creek CDROM. 230-There are currently 3594 users out of 3600 possible. ^^^^ ^^^^ It could simply be that ftp.freebsd.org is overloaded this time of the year (too many people with free time on their hands?). Is it possible to load from a mirror site? -- Jonathan Chen | To do is to be -- Nietzsche | To be is to do -- Sartre | Scooby do be do -- Scooby To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message