Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:53:15 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: School server: boot.flp wont install, weird ftp problem. Message-ID: <19990216115315.V2207@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <36C8C74A.17260F93@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 08:18:02PM -0500 References: <36C8BCE2.306161B5@aei.ca> <19990216110848.Q2207@lemis.com> <36C8BED0.F2F2672C@aei.ca> <19990216111604.S2207@lemis.com> <36C8C74A.17260F93@aei.ca>
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On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 20:18:02 -0500, Malartre wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> >> On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:41:52 -0500, Malartre wrote: >>> Greg Lehey wrote: >>>> >>>> On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:33:38 -0500, Malartre wrote: >>>>> Ok, I try to install FreeBSD on an old 486 IBM Aptiva with 24 meg of ram >>>>> and a 3com 3c509b Ethernet card at school. Note that I disabled pnp on >>>>> the Ethernet card. >>>>> Ok, boot.flp (old from one month, 2.2.8-RELEASE) boot perfectly on the >>>>> computer (with a visual config of the kernel). >>>>> I now try to install 2.2.8-RELEASE through FTP (passive mode, through a >>>>> firewall) and configure the ethernet. I was able to contact the host, >>>>> but not to establish the connection... I tryed ftp.freebsd.org, >>>>> ftp.ca.freebsd.org and some other mirrors. On another computer, I logged >>>>> succesfully to ftp.freebsd.org with netscape. >>>>> 1) Is it my school who block me (the firewall?) >>>> >>>> That's possible. >>>> >>>>> 2) Is it boot.flp who is to old? >>>> >>>> No. >>> >>> Why then, on the other computer, I can ftp with netscape? >>> Is it different? >> >> Is the IP address different? Is Netscape using a proxy? > > Yes. And Netscape is using a proxy.. Anyway, I'll ask tomorow to the > technician. > Note that the box was able to dns resolve freebsd.org, just not to log. OK. If you're using a proxy, you're probably firewalled. >> What is the IP address? It would be interesting to see if we can get in. Don't you have a CD-ROM you could use? This would solve a lot of problems. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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