Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 09:56:49 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Glen <glen@fsr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FTP installation problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970310095500.1052C-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.94.970310081915.2937B-100000@redfish.fsr.com>
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Glen wrote: > Over this last weekend I tried to install FreeBSD on my home pc. I was > able to go through all of the initial set-up without a hitch. But when it > came to actually downloading FreeBSD, the installation program would lock > up. I know that it must be the installation program because I have an > external modem and I would watch the send and recieve LEDs on it during > the download. When installation would lock up, I would still be connected > to my ISP but no information would be being sent through the modem. > I tried several times to install using FTP in both active and passive mode > but it would always lock up after downloading anywhere between 200K and > 2M. Hm. It appears something dies during the PPP connection. If your boot floppy image boot.flp is dated sometime in February, try grabbing the latest boot.flp image. Some updates were made to ppp that should make it more stable. If you can, try doing the DOS filesystem install described in INSTALL.TXT. That would take PPP out of it. 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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