From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 1 21:43:59 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA10247 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 21:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.75]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA10239 for ; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 21:43:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id VAA00250; Sun, 1 Sep 1996 21:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 21:43:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Nick Johnson cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ARGH! Install woes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 1 Sep 1996, Nick Johnson wrote: > I'm trying to do an FTP install of 2.1.5, and every time I have tried > this, except once (which died about 100K into the install), the install > program hangs at the "Logging in as ftp" point. I have checked from > another OS that the sites I'm trying are reachable (ftp.freebsd.org and > ftp2.freebsd.org) and that they're currently allowing anon FTP connections. Check that the IRQ for the Ethernet card is set properly and does not conflict with other system devices. Also try the ftp at various times of day, especially the morning or before/after hours. ftp.freebsd.org may have been loaded at that particular point. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major