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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!buffnet2.buffnet.net!buffnet1!root From: root@buffnet.net (Superuser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problems with ftp install 951005-SNAP Date: 15 Oct 1995 00:40:38 GMT Organization: BuffNET Lines: 16 Message-ID: <45pla6$4m7@buffnet2.buffnet.net> References: <1995Oct11.160110.20708@nosc.mil> NNTP-Posting-Host: buffnet1.buffnet.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Craig Huckabee (huck@nosc.mil) wrote: :Now, I get nothing on the debug screen and the first screen just tells :me the install failed and asks me to pick another site. Also, when I :try to <Cancel> out of the ftp site selection screen, it doesn't cancel :but instead tries to fetch the distribution again! I've been stuck in :this menu for a while (only a ^C sets me free). :Is there anything else I can try? This was a working platform with :the last snap and the 2.0.5 release, both installed via ftp just fine. I had this with 2.0.5-R - the trick was to back up on the first failure and re-enter the attempt and it would take. There is a definit bug in that portion of the install - but since the floppy install doesnt work at all I made do.