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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1998 09:24:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: James Gilliard <gilljam@enteract.com>
cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Not reading media -- any suggestions?
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On Mon, 16 Nov 1998, James Gilliard wrote:

> I'm currently attempting to install FreeBSD 3.0 onto the following system:
> 
> PII-300 w/ 128mb ram, 16.8GB HD (split into 2 ~8G partitions), CD-R, CD,
> Sound/Video card, TV Tuner, Ethernet card (10tbase) and 2 SCSI cards (1 is
> for a HP Scanner, the other is for the CD-R)

What brand/model of SCSI cards?

> I downloaded all the necessary files from the ftp site, made a boot disk
> and thought I was good to go.  However, when I was ready to install, I
> pointed the media type to the CD-R drive.  That didn't work (error:
> Couldn't find the distributions), I then pointed it to the other 1/2 of
> the HD and got the same error.  I then tried FTP & Passive FTP, both times
> getting "unable to resolve ftp.freebsd.org".

Check that the CDROM is being found -- hit ALT-F2 at the main menu.
You should get something like

DEBUG:  Found a device of type CDROM (cd0)

if it found the CDROM drive.  

Your FTP problems are due to a misconfiguration of your DNS or network
information.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org


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