Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 15:47:00 -0800 From: "Chris Peterson" <chris@potamus.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: FTP install silently fails and then installer has DNS resolution problems? Message-ID: <000b01c1760b$7a8be1b0$a586fa18@chris>
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I am trying to install FreeBSD 4.4 over FTP. Unfortunately, I can never complete the install because the install step to FTP all the files fails repeatedly. The computer is behind a NAT, so I am using passive FTP and DHCP behind the NAT. After I select FTP from ftp.freebsd.org, everything seems to be working. About half way through copying the files for the / partition, the installer unexpectedly asks me to choose an FTP server again. I choose ftp.freebsd.org again, but now the installer cannot resolve any DNS names, even ftp.freebsd.org which worked a few minutes earlier. I have reproduced this problem six times out of six attempts.. If I try to configure the network settings again, I see that my netmask has changed from 255.255.255.0 to 0xffffffff. I know these are equivalent numbers, but if I change it back to 255.255.255.0, sometimes the DNS resolution will work again, but usually not. Also, when I try to choose one of the FTP mirrors (such as ftp4.freebsd.org) as my install media, I get errors that the installer cannot log into ftp4.freebsd.org. thanks for your help, chris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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