Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:53:47 -0600 From: "Mark Wright" <mwright@pro-ns.net> To: "Hector" <zips@zips.net> Cc: <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't do an ftp install Message-ID: <000a01c0b889$f87dfad0$ddb6c8d0@skippyjr> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291347190.1939-100000@zips.zips.net>
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Yes, NAT and a firewall. However, other machines pulling their ip from the dhcp server - both an apple and nt laptop - can ftp to ftp.freebsd.org. They can also ping the box on which I'm installing. I tried using the fixit disk, and I have the same problem - ftp hangs when I "ftp ftp.freebsd.org". It seems to be failing in the name lookup. The /etc/resolv.conf file (cat'ed from the fixit prompt, after selecting media in the custom installation and having it time out looking for ftp.freebsd.org) looks like: search nameserver x.y.z.w1 nameserver x.y.z.w2 The empty search line looks like trouble. Is that my problem (and why? I entered a domain name and hostname when in 'select media')? Or is that just because the select media step aborted because it failed. mark. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hector" <zips@zips.net> To: "Mark Wright" <mwright@pro-ns.net> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 12:47 PM Subject: Re: Can't do an ftp install > > > Are you using nat ? firewall ? ... how do you > connect to the intenet ? > > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Mark Wright wrote: > > > I'm trying to do an FTP install of 4.2-release. I get past the DHCP > > configurations, and then it hangs on "looking up host ftp.freebsd.org." I > > can ping the (soon-to-be) FreeBSD box that I'm installing on (using the IP > > information retrieved from the DHCP server). I can also ftp to > > ftp.freebsd.org from another client (winnt) on the same LAN segment as the > > (potential) FreeBSD box. But the FreeBSD box-to-be can't seem to see > > ftp.freebsd.org (or ftp2.freebsd.org or ftp5.freebsd.org). > > > > Any ideas what's going on? The NIC must be working, since I can get the > > client address from the DHCP server. The router is working fine, since I > > can ftp to ftp.freebsd.org from other clients on the same switch. I'm > > stumped. > > > > Mark > > --- > > Mark Wright > > mwright@pro-ns.net > > > > > > 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
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