Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 11:35:31 -0700 (MST) From: Joel Maslak <jmaslak@blackfire.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/2829: Faulty FTP Install Message-ID: <199702271835.LAA26929@blackfire.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199702271840.KAA12304@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2829 >Category: bin >Synopsis: FTP installs can only fail once >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 27 10:40:02 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joel Maslak >Organization: Black Fire Productions >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: Anything from FreeBSD 2.1.6 (and before?) through 3.0 current (December), including 2.1.7 and 2.2 Gamma. FTP network install, does not seem to matter what type of ethernet card. >Description: When an FTP install fails for some reason (FTP server refusing connections, selected distribution not found on server, etc), most of the time a reboot is needed. Failure to reboot will make it impossible to reconnect to the FTP server (you get DNS errors often, although others have been seen). The DNS server I use and my network connection work fine, if you make sure that you can get into the server. If you let BSD find out that it can't, then you have problems. >How-To-Repeat: Install BSD. Go into options, and change the distribution to something which doesn't exist. Select your favorate FTP site. Go back into options, change the distribution to one that does exist. It won't work. >Fix: Reboot everytime you make a typo. Boot from floppy. Eat lunch. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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