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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:11:51 -0500
From:      Mark Hummel <mhumm@ispchannel.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Something's Wrong - 4.1 FTP install - please help!!!
Message-ID:  <399A9317.636431BC@ispchannel.com>
References:  <3999BFD1.A14CF04C@ispchannel.com>

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Has anyone else experienced this or know what I'm doing wrong if
anything?  My BSD system is down until I get this resolved.

Mark

Mark Hummel wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to install 4.1 STABLE via FTP.
> 
> Here's some history:
> 
> 1)  Had 4.0 STABLE installed from CD ROM  for 4 months to learn FBSD.
> 
> 2)  Ran out of hard drive space so I decided to repartition my BSD drive
> from 1087M to 2800M.
> 
> 3)  Since BSD is going to be deleted anyway, I decided to install 4.1
> STABLE via FTP
> 
> 4)  Floppy creation - easy!  Floppy boot - easy! Kernel config - easy!
> 
> 5)  After selecting all my options, I get the following error message
> for every download in sequence:
> 
> Unable to transfer the bin ditribution from
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/
> 
> I was told by a friend that the site was down for a while today so I
> waited and tried again 2 hours later.  Then 4 hours later with the same
> results.  I decided to reboot to Warp and check the site.  It was up and
> running!!!
> 
> BSD apparently recongizes my cable modem and network card (same set up I
> used with 4.0) since it was able to automatically capture my hostname
> and ISP server.  I can even watch my modem light flash for a second
> until it errors out.
> 
> Any ideas???
> 
> Mark
> 
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