Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 21:10:06 +0000 From: Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "Mark Wright" <mwright@pro-ns.net>, "Hector" <zips@zips.net> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Can't do an ftp install Message-ID: <01033021113602.00310@mark9.vladsempire.net> In-Reply-To: <000a01c0b889$f87dfad0$ddb6c8d0@skippyjr> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291347190.1939-100000@zips.zips.net> <000a01c0b889$f87dfad0$ddb6c8d0@skippyjr>
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Mark Wright wrote: > Yes, NAT and a firewall. However, other machines pulling their ip from the > dhcp server - both an apple and nt laptop - can ftp to ftp.freebsd.org. > They can also ping the box on which I'm installing. I tried using the fixit > disk, and I have the same problem - ftp hangs when I "ftp ftp.freebsd.org". > It seems to be failing in the name lookup. The /etc/resolv.conf file > (cat'ed from the fixit prompt, after selecting media in the custom > installation and having it time out looking for ftp.freebsd.org) looks like: > > search > nameserver x.y.z.w1 > nameserver x.y.z.w2 > > The empty search line looks like trouble. Is that my problem (and why? I > entered a domain name and hostname when in 'select media')? Or is that just > because the select media step aborted because it failed. > > mark. > Take out the search line and add in a line that says domain and then the name of your domain. Also, you could try specifying your own ftp site from the menu and then entering the IP of ftp.freebsd.org. Josh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hector" <zips@zips.net> > To: "Mark Wright" <mwright@pro-ns.net> > Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 12:47 PM > Subject: Re: Can't do an ftp install > > > > > > > > Are you using nat ? firewall ? ... how do you > > connect to the intenet ? > > > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Mark Wright wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to do an FTP install of 4.2-release. I get past the DHCP > > > configurations, and then it hangs on "looking up host ftp.freebsd.org." > I > > > can ping the (soon-to-be) FreeBSD box that I'm installing on (using the > IP > > > information retrieved from the DHCP server). I can also ftp to > > > ftp.freebsd.org from another client (winnt) on the same LAN segment as > the > > > (potential) FreeBSD box. But the FreeBSD box-to-be can't seem to see > > > ftp.freebsd.org (or ftp2.freebsd.org or ftp5.freebsd.org). > > > > > > Any ideas what's going on? The NIC must be working, since I can get the > > > client address from the DHCP server. The router is working fine, since > I > > > can ftp to ftp.freebsd.org from other clients on the same switch. I'm > > > stumped. > > > > > > Mark > > > --- > > > Mark Wright > > > mwright@pro-ns.net > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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