Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:07:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Welch <WELCHDW@wofford.edu> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: QUESTIONS@FREEBSD.ORG, WELCHDW@wofford.edu Subject: Re: ftp install of 2.1 Message-ID: <960426200735.21a06663@wofford.edu>
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>> Problem: Install of version 2.1 FreeBSD reports that it cannot make the >> ftp connection under ppp link between two systems sitting on the same >> table. >> >> (1) One system is running 2.0.5 and a (mitsumi) cdrom. That's where I'm >> trying to fetch the 2.1 files from. >> >> (2) The ppp link connects flawlessly between that system and the new >> system. >> >> (3) This setup works fine for installing 2.0.5 in this ftp mode -- >> except for the quirk that I must make it try the ftp twice. The 2nd try >> always succeeds. >> >> Has something changed about the way FTP install works? > > Not that I know. Did you try setting the FTP Error mode to 'retry'? > (I think that is what that option is called.) Apparently, when it tries > again, sysinstall will try some other directories and find the ones on > the CDROM properly. The retry option does give me more control (thanks for the suggestion) but the ftp still fails to linkup even in the 4 retries. I am able to do both login ftp and anonymous ftp via the fixit disk option from the 2.1 install menu, so perhaps I can understand how to do a manual install -- the extraction shell script for dist/bin looks nicely direct if I can grasp the fixit environment well enough to put stuff in the right places before running it.
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