Date: Wed, 19 Apr 95 19:43:55 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) To: cstruble@vt.edu Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Install Wish Message-ID: <9504200143.AA21826@cs.weber.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950419171149.21155H-100000@singularity.bevc.blacksburg.va.us> from "Craig Struble" at Apr 19, 95 05:12:10 pm
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> Oh great installation gods, I wish that I might have a "Retry" option > during FTP installation, so that if the server is busy and fails to allow > me to FTP the base distribution during install, I can try, try again. Redirecting the ncftp input from /dev/null to cause it to exit on failure fixes this. Looping can be provided with a shell "while". Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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