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Subject: Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD over PPP 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> > > I'm having a hard time installing the 10-21 FreeBSD SNAP over ppp.  It
> > > seems to connect to the ftp.freebsd.org fine, but I'm getting
> > > throughput of less than 100 bytes per second (yes, bytes).  My modem
> > > is connected to my gateway at 28.8k.
> > 
> > I'm not sure what the 10-21 snap is, but if it's from between October 
> > 6 & 12, it's been fixed now.
> 
> I meant 10-12.
> 
> > You should be able to dodge the problem (if you can't get a later 
> > snap) with "disable vjcomp" and "deny vjcomp" before dialing.
> 
> After trying your suggestion, the install works!!  I'm very grateful.  I
> almost lost my mind trying to get FreeBSD installed.
> 
> The only strange issue is that I was having problems with the 10-12
> install floppy, which you claim has been fixed.  Someone should look
> into this, as it would suck for others to go through what I did.

I suspect the 10-12 snap was built before I un-spammed things.... 
everything should have sorted itself out by now.

> > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <bri@OpenBSD.org>
> 
> Thanks again,
> David

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