Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 17:12:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Dan Welch <WELCHDW@wofford.edu> Cc: QUESTIONS@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp install of 2.1 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960425171021.24773D-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <960424154200.21a03935@wofford.edu>
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On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Dan Welch wrote: > 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. 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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