From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 11:52:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA00975 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shogun.tdktca.com ([206.26.1.21]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA00796; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 11:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shogun.tdktca.com (daemon@localhost) by shogun.tdktca.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with ESMTP id NAA16725; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:49:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fa.tdktca.com (bsd.fa.tdktca.com [163.49.131.129]) by shogun.tdktca.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with ESMTP id NAA16718; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:49:02 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from alex@localhost) by fa.tdktca.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id NAA01586; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:52:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:52:53 -0500 (CDT) From: Alex Nash To: Jon Mah cc: jkh@freebsd.org, 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> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk [ Please direct followups to hackers ] On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, Jon Mah wrote: > 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, > the connection drops, and my machine becomes non-pingable. > This happens every time, and is site independent. I have > tried it on ftp.freebsd.org, ftp2.freebsd.org, ftp3.freebsd.org, > and a host on the local network with a mirror. > > I have successfully done FTP installs of 2.1 and 2.0 > in the past, and I would appreciate any help as soon as possible > regarding this. > > I am running a Pentium 60 with 32 MB of RAM, a 1.2 Gig HD > and 540 MB HD (both on wdc0) and a 3com 3c509 ISA Ethernet card (ep0). > All the hardware is recognized correctly. 3c509 support is badly broken in 2.1.5R :( Jordan, can we put together an alternate install disk with rev 1.28.4.5 of if_ep.c? 3c509 support will quickly become a headache if we don't (and probably will even if we do :) Alex