From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 12 11:32:48 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D77106566C for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:32:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from btillman99@yahoo.com) Received: from nm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com (nm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com [98.139.52.204]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5F9328FC08 for ; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:32:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [98.139.52.196] by nm7.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2011 11:32:47 -0000 Received: from [98.139.52.164] by tm9.bullet.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2011 11:32:47 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1047.mail.ac4.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 12 Jun 2011 11:32:47 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 359144.30260.bm@omp1047.mail.ac4.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 99753 invoked by uid 60001); 12 Jun 2011 11:32:46 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1307878366; bh=RQi4qbQBdMuY9w9+Tn5O8bj+WG01W0Zwkw7Nc1lJtCg=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=KihRuJhDVdZPuSJ1UroPW+TgZhm5fSiw2WSmUYzVzsjIlErViaooFJ51Pjx0bGLyutiaE7oxOXTxZkbfEpuy7hx1G0/0tnm/iLa7/pC748QXV9CfeiUE7mZsaqUOVsmuogPdxRY3kFAkRBYRNxAag7WXdgevJ6sFFG3Dj77P4wU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:References:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=nIbTTPlQOsXcKJjgz+p0MUo7Pi885iC3Ds57HlN+tx26xykfrxsdfc8+R80F9xbiqxhcorNDAD6SdE0TxRNScFZO5YS+i3I9Ya17kP7R81wbModDwyYL6tT+j53GO8/0or9EVBhDbXVdZbkt7LD06rWX9u75DlBIYGAAg+XaN3o=; Message-ID: <864559.78569.qm@web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: 01_Z7YUVM1kZZHZSWJWCu0FWNylk7dEmmwqm7vOdsU9.8D6 .Fz.1Nj9ZjbvsFaXelXTGZsxRWsdr8A2G1uUhkq.CWdGl3Y1.kwov51X5igR nYO3ywRAuStWQD.HZchOh2I9bJE_4oMOr7HJZ1UoEYc3oM0xEOSfyreHIUbw x2Mt3dtFir7a8fj1cenIvYbSoRtG5bDqCZI6VUl51leuT6w3DPrFk29vYpcD l8iFaLGVoGypS8XV0fVy_Sx0D_5GUtGfQfIZGEZ4h4swZ2HmFirC1skKd07X zevEO0kxIbg5wrI2xyh.PM_Z0A7O_knmiIZ7x13i6Lb62uOwsmAkCaSZVjKZ iqtiVSNAg8Aa8293wFf.TMHjfS5PZxnPLILwErPqwXlfCNU33D2eAylJQ Received: from [98.242.233.74] by web36503.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:32:46 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/570 YahooMailWebService/0.8.111.304355 References: Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 04:32:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Bill Tillman To: Daniel Feenberg , Robert Simmons In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:32:48 -0000 =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Daniel Feenberg =0ATo: Robert Simmons =0ACc: freebsd-q= uestions@freebsd.org=0ASent: Sat, June 11, 2011 8:50:48 PM=0ASubject: Re: f= tp installation=0A=0A=0A=0AOn Sat, 11 Jun 2011, Robert Simmons wrote:=0A=0A= > On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Daniel Feenberg wrot= e:=0A>>=0A>> I have tried many of the ftp sites enumerated in sysinstall, w= ith both=0A>> 7.4-RELEASE and 8.2-RELEASE, and in all cases the installatio= n proceeds=0A>> for a few seconds and then hangs, with the last message on = the console=0A>> always being:=0A>>=0A>> =A0DEBUG: Generating /etc/fstab fi= le.=0A>>=0A...=0A>>=0A>> Is there something off about the sysinstall ftp di= alog? I don't see a way to=0A>> monitor what is happening.=0A>=0A> Your fir= ewall may be interfering with the connection.=A0 You may want to=0A> read t= he handbook section on FTP installs (the grey box at the bottom=0A> of the = page):=0A> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/instal= l-media.html=0A>=0A=0AWell, our router has never interfered with ftp transf= ers done from the =0Acommand line, but switching to the firewall-friendly m= ode in sysinstall=0Adoes fix the problem.=0A=0AThank you=0ADaniel Feenberg= =0ANBER=0A=0A=0AIf I recall correctly I had to open up my firewall complete= ly to get the ftp =0Ainstallations to work. I use a FreeBSD diskless router= running IPFW+NATD and the =0Alog files are set to max out at 5 so I can't = see which port is trying to be used =0Awhich gets blocked. So just for the = 10 minutes or so to do an FTP install I just =0Aopen the firewall wide and = allow any to any. Once the install is complete I =0Aclose the firewall agai= n.