From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 13 21:20:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA19758 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 21:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts12-line1.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA19753 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 21:20:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA00999; Sat, 13 Sep 1997 21:20:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 21:20:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Matthew D. Fuller" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 13 Sep 1997, Matthew D. Fuller wrote: > OK; I have the latest boot floppy for 2.2.2-RELEASE, dial-in, setup PPP, > and start the installation. I get between 100 and 300k into the bin dist, > and then I hear the click of my modem hanging up. It lasts longer if I > set the modem speed at 28800 rather than 115200, 14400 gives me a slight > gain (I think), but I don't really see why; maybe it's just coincidence. > Is there something I'm doing wrong here, or does my computer just feel > like screwing with me over this? Or your ISP? Try running `set timeout 0' before running 'term'. This disables the long-space disconnect, which you may be having trouble with if your link to the FTP site isn't that great. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo