From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 15 13:05:40 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id NAA06731 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:05:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gallup.cia-g.com (root@gallup.cia-g.com [206.206.162.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA06715 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:05:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gallup.cia-g.com (gallup.cia-g.com [206.206.162.10]) by gallup.cia-g.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id OAA23773 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:05:30 -0600 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 14:05:29 -0600 (MDT) From: Joel Yancey To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: 2.1.5R installation troubles Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok, This is my hardware: Intel Dx/4 100 3com503 (not used currently) Paradise/WD 90C30 video USR Sportster 28.8 External 8 megs ram. ------------------ ok, i boot up with the boot.flp, run the upgrade (or novice installion, tried them both) and it runs great, until the FTP, then it ALWAYS stops at 1225100, and then if you wait a VERY long time, like an hour, it'll possible get more, or it'll timeout and hang up. most of the time it times out, and asks me if i want to try to get more, and i answer yes, it gets the doc, although it pauses about every meg or so, and then it goes on. the first part of my install my com2 wouldnt work, and com1 i cant use becuase for some reason i always loose my route to my ISP. but i got that working fine as of now, but a friend of mine also had to swtch com ports from 1 to 2 instead of like me 2 to 1, because it would talk to the modem, on neither of our computers. Most importantly i need to know why my install fails, and how to fix it, it would greatly be appriciated. =) thank you joel yancey