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Date:      Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:16:04 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: School server: boot.flp wont install, weird ftp problem.
Message-ID:  <19990216111604.S2207@lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <36C8BED0.F2F2672C@aei.ca>; from Malartre on Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 07:41:52PM -0500
References:  <36C8BCE2.306161B5@aei.ca> <19990216110848.Q2207@lemis.com> <36C8BED0.F2F2672C@aei.ca>

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On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:41:52 -0500, Malartre wrote:
> Greg Lehey wrote:
>>
>> On Monday, 15 February 1999 at 19:33:38 -0500, Malartre wrote:
>>> Ok, I try to install FreeBSD on an old 486 IBM Aptiva with 24 meg of ram
>>> and a 3com 3c509b Ethernet card at school. Note that I disabled pnp on
>>> the Ethernet card.
>>> Ok, boot.flp (old from one month, 2.2.8-RELEASE) boot perfectly on the
>>> computer (with a visual config of the kernel).
>>> I now try to install 2.2.8-RELEASE through FTP (passive mode, through a
>>> firewall) and configure the ethernet. I was able to contact the host,
>>> but not to establish the connection... I tryed ftp.freebsd.org,
>>> ftp.ca.freebsd.org and some other mirrors. On another computer, I logged
>>> succesfully to ftp.freebsd.org with netscape.
>>> 1) Is it my school who block me (the firewall?)
>>
>> That's possible.
>>
>>> 2) Is it boot.flp who is to old?
>>
>> No.
>
> Why then, on the other computer, I can ftp with netscape?
> Is it different?

Is the IP address different?  Is Netscape using a proxy?

What is the IP address?

Greg
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