Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2010 12:13:07 +0400 From: =?UTF-8?B?0JDQvdGC0L7QvSDQmtC70LXRgdGB?= <antoniok.spb@gmail.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing from FTP: unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution Message-ID: <m2g3f1c29e71004250113ld7119bbaz85940aadcd4550d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4BD3EDF0.2090105@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <x2u3f1c29e71004241251r6cef49f7m8b7b2df266334b0d@mail.gmail.com> <4BD3526F.2090700@infracaninophile.co.uk> <p2q3f1c29e71004241340qe5ee0aebm494d81d099b2ce7@mail.gmail.com> <o2y3f1c29e71004241441j9ca175e8g66282c5fd6aa93b5@mail.gmail.com> <4BD3EDF0.2090105@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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If I just ping FTP server from installer's shell for minutes, it will show me packets loss if some, right? 2010/4/25 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 24/04/2010 22:41:13, =E1=CE=D4=CF=CE =EB=CC=C5=D3=D3 wrote: > >> Suspect hardware on the second system? Try escaping to the shell > >>> (Alt-F4) after pulling down some of the distribution sets and see if > >>> 'netstat -i' shows interface errors. > >>> > >> > >> I tried to, but (Alt-F4) does nothing. > >> Should it work in "Standard" installation method or "Custom"? > >> > > > > > > > > This time I lucky: "Base" distribution set get right, and when "Generic= " > > started downloading, I reached the console you mean. > > > > netstat -i says there are no errors. > > > > second console says following: > > > > /stand/cpio: invalid header: checksum error > > /stand/cpio: warning: skipped <number> bytes of junk > > /stand/cpio: : No such file or directory > > > > > > While downloading, such messages run out very fast. > > Then, sysinstall says: > > > > User confirmation requested > > Unable to transfer the GENERIC distribution from ftp://ftp10.freebsd.or= g > . > > Do you want to try to retrieve it again? > > Hmmm... well, the best theory I can see that fits the observed symptoms > is that you are getting packet loss while trying to download the > distribution sets for your second system. Packet loss usually means > dodgy hardware. I think you'ld have to be seeing quite substantial > packet loss -- more than about 5% -- or the normal TCP retransmission > stuff would fix things at the cost of a rather lower than normal > download speed. > > It's pretty hard to diagnose such problems from the installer -- try > booting the machine from a livecd and using a more capable environment > to work out what's going wrong. > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkvT7fAACgkQ8Mjk52CukIy9bACePj/qXPxD+FRX7XPc5+KAQxqK > FAUAnjNSDDvEFMhudlzmboD0TPfHj5OR > =3DTGTL > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > --=20 =F3 =D5=D7=C1=D6=C5=CE=C9=C5=CD, =E1=CE=D4=CF=CE =EB=CC=C5=D3=D3, http://kless.spb.ru/
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