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Subject: Re: 2.2.5-r ftp install stuck on info dist.
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You can also go into the options screen and turn debugging "ON", and
you'll have some more detailed info in the ALT-F2 screen, that just helped
me with some problems with ftp.freebsd.org closing down the connection
halfway through a -current install...

Charles

On Wed, 29 Oct 1997, Doug White wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Oct 1997 ringlord@bbs.dcoisp.net wrote:
> 
> > I began installing freebsd 2.2.5-RELEASE.  I downloaded and fdimaged the
> > boot floppy, and setup my partition.  I then selected the distribution I
> > wanted, developer.  I then selected the media type for the installation
> > which I selected ftp.  I then selected the ftp server: ftp2.freebsd.org.
> >  Note, I originally tried ftp.freebsd.org, but the connection appeared
> > to be slow, probably heavy network traffic at the time.  I then setup my
> > ed0 driver my ne2000 clone, which is connected at 128k connection to the
> > internet.  All worked well.  The distribution began to install until it
> > got to "chunk 7 of 7" of the info distribution.  Then, everything
> > stopped.  Nothing disconnected, but everything stopped even moving and I
> > left the machine alone for about 16 minutes.  I then started a new fresh
> > install, and had the same results.  
> 
> what happens if you dn't instll the info dist?
> 
> Is there any wierd output on the ALT-F2 debug console?
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major
> 
>