From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 21 10:45:53 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from www.keycomp.net (www.keycomp.net [207.44.1.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2AD21547B for ; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 10:44:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billieakay@yahoo.com) Received: from bopper (kc-rmt11.keycomp.net [207.44.1.13]) by www.keycomp.net (8.8.5/SCO5) with SMTP id NAA21951 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:49:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <002301beebfb$94a65540$01010101@bopper> From: "Bill A. K." To: "FreeBSD Questions" References: <001401beebe3$a0617e40$c452c9c2@grahamr> Subject: Re: 3.2 wont install Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 13:35:36 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, I believe I have heard about a 1024K ftp problem though this mailing list...and not just with installing FreeBSD. I would wait for an answer. Good luck Bill billieakay@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Graham Woodruff To: ; Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 3:29 PM Subject: Re: 3.2 wont install > > ...and it gets all the way to "extracting bin into / directory" and > >just stops with "1024 bytes read from bin dist chunk > >1 of 106 @ 1kb/sec" > > > Thanks for backing me up on this one ! > > This is EXACTLY what I am finding installing 3.2 using a variety of hardware > via ftp viz... > > Set up hardware OK, connect to ftp server - works fine - then hangs at 1024K > transferred ! > > Funny enough, the smallest box I have - 486/25 8Mb 2*130Mb drives, installed > perfectly, but using the same network card in another (larger) box just > gives the same old hang... > > Transferring one of the network cards that failed (?) to the 'working' box, > I find that 'most' IP is OK, ping, telnet etc. all OK BUT ftp either in or > out hangs at the 1024K barrier, I (think I...) have eliminated network > cards, HDD's, CPU's memory etc. on the grounds that subsequent installs of > Linux (either Slackware4.0 or RedHat) both pick up all the hardware AND use > the network card OK. > > One answer was to try a different ftp server, in my case, I have downloaded > to my Win95 box to minimise connect time, so just run either G6 or Netftpd, > both/either of which are OK with different apps, both of which have been > used succesfully for the FreeBSD load onto my base system > > I have tried different IRQ/membase etc to no effect, I am convinced now that > another process is causing this (routed ???) if so, how do I/we get round > this, I really would like to have a 'real' FreeBSD box running as a 'network > services' server. > > Graham Woodruff > graham.woodruff@iii-europe.com grahamr@globalnet.co.uk > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message