Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 16:47:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Sir Ilya Tsymbal <itsymbal@husc.harvard.edu> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: install problem with 3c509. What to do? Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9504231659.A7195-0100000@fas>
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Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 16:33:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Sir Ilya Tsymbal <itsymbal@course2> Subject: Install problem To: hackers@freebsd.net Cc: Ilya Tsymbal <itsymbal@course2> Message-Id: <Pine.3.89.9504231639.A21164-0100000@course2.harvard.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I have been trying to install FreeBSD but to no avail. After booting with a floppy, doing the HD stuff, then booting from HD, I get a nice screen from which I choose to install bindist, through FTP, Ethernet, with a 3COM card at 300h memory and IRQ 10, which is what the card is configured for. I am then prompted for all sortsa stuff, like IP, netmask, name, domain name and some others. when this is all done, and the program says 'fetching the files blah blah' I switch to the command output screen, and I see these error messages: NcFTP: could not get your passwd entry: (9) bad file descriptor <ftp site>: gethostbyname error(2): host name lookup failure NcFTP 1.8.6 (october 20..... blah blah... Error: improper distribution. No checksum script found. I know the card and the connnection works fine, I have logged in to a Novell server with it. So, if you have any idea what could be wrong or what I could do to get around th problem, I would appreciate if you tell me. I will be checking this newsgroup (CUBFM), but please also CC: your reply to me. Thanks, Ilya Tsymbal Ilya Tsymbal '96 Harvard U, Quincy House. itsymbal@husc.harvard.edu http://itsymbal.student.harvard.edu/
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