Date: Wed, 29 Oct 1997 15:52:47 -0500 (EST) From: spork <spork@super-g.com> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.5-r ftp install stuck on info dist. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971029155142.26933A-100000@super-g.inch.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971029104522.16199J-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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You can also go into the options screen and turn debugging "ON", and you'll have some more detailed info in the ALT-F2 screen, that just helped me with some problems with ftp.freebsd.org closing down the connection halfway through a -current install... Charles On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote: > 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 > >
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