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Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 10:46:12 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net
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Subject: Re: 2.2.5-r ftp install stuck on info dist.
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On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote:

> I began installing freebsd 2.2.5-RELEASE.  I downloaded and fdimaged the
> boot floppy, and setup my partition.  I then selected the distribution I
> wanted, developer.  I then selected the media type for the installation
> which I selected ftp.  I then selected the ftp server: ftp2.freebsd.org.
>  Note, I originally tried ftp.freebsd.org, but the connection appeared
> to be slow, probably heavy network traffic at the time.  I then setup my
> ed0 driver my ne2000 clone, which is connected at 128k connection to the
> internet.  All worked well.  The distribution began to install until it
> got to "chunk 7 of 7" of the info distribution.  Then, everything
> stopped.  Nothing disconnected, but everything stopped even moving and I
> left the machine alone for about 16 minutes.  I then started a new fresh
> install, and had the same results.  

what happens if you dn't instll the info dist?

Is there any wierd output on the ALT-F2 debug console?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major