Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:19:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Brian D. Kruse" <bkruse@pconline.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Cc: [Free@newton.pconline.com, BSD@newton.pconline.com, 4.2@newton.pconline.com, Install]@newton.pconline.com, Problems@newton.pconline.com, when@newton.pconline.com, installing@newton.pconline.com, BSD@newton.pconline.com, via@newton.pconline.com, FTP@newton.pconline.com Subject: [Free BSD 4.2 Install] Problems when installing BSD via FTP Message-ID: <200101300419.WAA12483@newton.pconline.com>
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Hello all, I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to resolve the following: I am attempting to install Free BSD 4.2 via FTP on an old Dell Pentium 90 PC with 24 MB RAM, 500MB HD, and two new Linksys Fast Ethernet cards. The Ethernet cards came from a cheapo hub/card kit at CompUsa. Note: there's no CDROM, so network install seems to be my only hope. I've installed both cards, but leave one of the cards without Ethernet and plug the other into the hub which is then uplinked to my Cisco 675 DSL router. Both the card and the hub have the green lights flashing, so I know the connection is there. Also, all of my other computers connected through the hub have no problems accessing Internet via http and ftp. Finally, I've made sure the target BSD machine's ethernet cable is not plugged into the socket immediately next to the router uplink. I've run into the same problem with both active and passive FTP install methods: I set up card to point to router (10.0.0.1) as the gateway and another local 10.0.0.x machine as the name server. I point to a bogus nameserver so the pings will work, but lookup will never be needed because I type IP address in explicitly. I assign the card an unused 10.0.0.x address. I point the installer at ftp.freebsd.org's IP address instead of the ftp.freebsd.org address. The installer then proceeds to attempt establish a connection with the server at the IP address. It always times out and claims that service doesn't exist on remote server. I've never established a connection. I've also tried pointing the installer to a local 10.0.0.x machine with an FTP server running, but connection times out there as well. If I click <ALT>+<F2>, I can verify via the diagnostic messages that the installer has successfully grabbed the 10.0.0.x I assign to it and has also established communication with the router at 10.0.0.1. I've also tried <ALT>+<F4>, which opens the <insert-proper-name-here> shell. I've tried to use the shell to do some sleuthing, but my obvious choices, ping and tracert, aren't supported there. Any advice? i.e. diagnostic commands to run from <ALT>+<F4> shell? change settings on Cisco Router? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I want my mutt, slrn, and ssh! Regards and thanks to everyone who writes on this list. I was able to get as far as I did by reading these archives. -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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