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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:42:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Babe (and family)" <da-babe@centuryinter.net>
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Subject: Re: ftp install for 2.2.7-release..
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Babe (and family) wrote:

>   Hello,
> 
> I have installed 2.2.5 REALEASE in the past (but since lost the hard
> drive). Given the convienience of the FTP install option of FreeBSD I
> decided to load it again instead of some other un*x clone. The real
> question is this, has the ftp system on the install disk for 2.2.7 been
> used successfully?

I've used it several times, most recently about two weeks ago.

> I can't seem to get it to work for me. Once I go back to the main
> screen (alt+F1) and hit enter (after setting up the network info) I
> instanly get an error trying to ftp, undefined error 0. I get
> connected to the ISP ok but that is the end of my install :(

Try typing 'add 0 0 HISADDR' after connecting with ppp.

Also try getting a new boot floppy image -- the original one was broken
for about a day after the release.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | www.freebsd.org


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