Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 11:46:51 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: John Garrett <garrett@bhs.jcsd1.k12.wy.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HELP: service not available, closing control connection Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.981223114217.11740B-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <227A98C3E85@bhs.jcsd1.k12.wy.us>
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On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, John Garrett wrote:
> I was trying to set up 3, now I'm trying 2.2.8-RELEASE
>
> Still same damned 'service not available' message. Don't make me load
> NT boys.
Hmm. If I connect to ftp.freebsd.org, it comes up with:
~,11:43am> date
Wed Dec 23 11:43:22 NZDT 1998
~,11:43am> ftp ftp.freebsd.org
Connected to wcarchive.cdrom.com.
220 wcarchive.cdrom.com FTP server (Version DG-3.1.27 Wed Dec 2 01:29:08 PST 1998) ready.
331 Guest login ok, send your email address as password.
230-Welcome to wcarchive - home FTP site for Walnut Creek CDROM.
230-There are currently 3594 users out of 3600 possible.
^^^^ ^^^^
It could simply be that ftp.freebsd.org is overloaded this time of the
year (too many people with free time on their hands?). Is it possible
to load from a mirror site?
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