From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 29 13:39:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA23811 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:39:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA23775 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:39:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA13178; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:39:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:39:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Forrest Aldrich cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network installation problems In-Reply-To: <199804231929.PAA28589@navisite.net> 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 Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Forrest Aldrich wrote: > I've tried many ftp distribution sites today and have experienced very low > throughput. We're on a 100mb link and have no problems, for example, > installing Linux over the net. I've had to reboot into the installation > several times today because eventually it just hangs. They are all busy servers, and it does depend on where you are and what you're doing. I'd suggest setting up a local mirror and install off of that (script the download overnite) or buy the CD and ftp-serve that. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message