Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 13:51:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Eric Berenguier <Eric.Berenguier@sycomore.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with FTP install in Release 2.1.0 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960429134932.19662G-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <v01530502adaa8fa7e5cb@[192.134.92.34]>
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On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Eric Berenguier wrote: > Hello, > > I want to install FreeBSD Release 2.1.0 with the FTP install > option, but when the program try to access the ftp server, i get a > very nice dialog box saying: > > Couldn't open FTP connection to X.X.X.X > > where X.X.X.X is the IP address of the FTP server. > And i'm taken back to the main menu. > > I like very much when error messages are full of details saying what the > problem is :-) It's exactly what it means -- it couldn't connect to that ftp server. Did you config the ifconfig options appropriately for your location? Do > I've tried both the nearest FreeBSD Mirror(ftp.ibp.fr) , and a local machine > where i had copied the whole distribution. > > There are no hardware problem, because i had freebsd (2.0) on this computer > with the same configuration before. > > My hardware config is: 486DX2-66 ram 16Mb / 420Mb IDE HD / Two NE2000 > I would try hopping over to the holographic shell on ALT-F4 and try ftp'ing to the machine yourself. (yes, ftp, telnet, etc. are available there) That should give you some insight, if anything you can see the real error message. 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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