Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:06:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jim Shankland <jas@flyingfox.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5-RELEASE sysinstall via ftp over ppp fails Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960830220438.267C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608301825.LAA02383@cholla.flyingfox.com>
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On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Jim Shankland wrote: > I ran into what looks like a sysinstall bug last night, while trying > to install 2.1.5 on a home machine via PPP from an archive I keep at > the office. The PPP link came up fine, but the ftp connection was > not established, and it appears that it was trying to establish > an ftp connection to ".52.18" -- no wonder it didn't work! That > string appears nowhere in the URL I specified; rather, it is the > tail of the default gateway address I filled in in sysinstall's menu. Hm. I can't say I've run into the same behavior. I've done an ftp install using a custom URL, however it was over an Ethernet link and not over ppp, and it worked fine. > I'll take a look at the sysinstall sources when I get a chance. > On the other hand, since this is now low priority for me, the > words of Ogden Nash come to mind: > > A child need not be very clever > To know that "Later, dear" means "Never." :-) Good luck looking at the sysinstall sources, they're pretty tangled last I poked at them. Keep your chainsaw handy. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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