From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 10:33:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA25337 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA25332; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 10:32:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.mt.sri.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA19429; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:32:28 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:32:28 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199607151732.LAA19429@rocky.mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams To: Jon Mah Cc: questions@freebsd.org, bugs@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5 installation does not work. In-Reply-To: <199607151702.NAA23480@eggbeater.cs.rpi.edu> References: <199607151702.NAA23480@eggbeater.cs.rpi.edu> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I have attempted FTP install on 2.1.5-RELEASE, > and it has not worked for me. Every time I try, it begins > an FTP connection, and then mid-connection, it stops, ... > and 540 MB HD (both on wdc0) and a 3com 3c509 ISA Ethernet card (ep0). ^^^^^^^^^^ A 'bug' was introduced at the very last minute which causes this to occur. Unfortunately, I don't have a solution for it at this time, but suffice it to say that it's a known bug. If you can get a different ethernet card you should be able to install FreeBSD correctly, and hopefully a patch will be made available to fix the bug. Nate