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From: Charlie Root <root>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD over a PPP link.
Date: 23 Sep 1995 20:11:23 GMT
Organization: Phoenix Data Systems
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Try setting the PPP rimeout to 0.

PPP> set timeout 0

For some reason, the default is 120 seconds, which is almost long enough for
you to grab part 1, decode it and get timed out. :<

Paul