Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 09:41:06 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <jbeukema@HK.Super.NET> To: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 950622-SNAP installation woes Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950704093513.20785A-100000@is1.hk.super.net> In-Reply-To: <199507032110.XAA19842@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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On Mon, 3 Jul 1995, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote: > > I'm trying now already for four ours to get a kernel on that damn box > but with these hyperintelligent scripts - your work in all honors, Jordan - > it's nearly impossible to do an enforced installation if something > strange occurs. It's not even possible to shell out at this point > and do the ftp or mount manually. > > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de > FreeBSD blues.physik.rwth-aachen.de 2.0-BUILT-19950701 FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT- > I have had a similar problem with an ftp installation. It keeps failing between 50% and 90% complete. Timeouts by my ISP, I believe. I wonder if it might be a good idea to save a minimum system, ftp the bindist files with the possibility or restarting where it left off and then do an extraction? As it is I will have to do a dos installation. jbeukema
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