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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!newshub.ccs.yorku.ca!nexus.yorku.ca!rreiner From: rreiner@nexus.yorku.ca (Richard Reiner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: problem with ftp install Date: 21 Apr 96 06:16:12 GMT Organization: York University, Ontario, Canada Lines: 35 Message-ID: <rreiner.830067372@nexus.yorku.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: nexus.yorku.ca I've installed dozens of FreeBSd and BSD/OS systems, but am stumped by a problem I'm having installing FreeBSD 2.1.0: Installing on a 486 with no CDROM or Ethernet connectivity. Want to install using ftp over a modem link. Installation proceeds just fine through editing the fdisk table and labeling. Under "media" I select ftp installation. Fill in hostname, domain, name server, gateway. (NB the hostname value is bogus, as my ISP assigns IPs and therefore hostnames dynamically). I select "extract", say "yes" to the questiona bout using PPP. No problem connecting on the Alt-F3 console. Connection comes up fine, PPP log shows the link is up. Returning to the Alt-F1 console, I press ENTER. If I'm using an ftp server selected from the Media menu's list, I get a DNS failure. If using an URL with an IP number, e.g. ftp://165.113.58.253, I get a timeout on the ftp connect attempt. The debug log on the Alt-F2 console says: init routine for ftp called. net device is 194600 attempt to open connection for URL ftp://165.113.58.253/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE host = 165.113.58.253 dir = /pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE port = 21 notify: looking up host 165.113.58.253 FtpOpen(ftp, 165.113.58.253, ftp, ftp) operation timed out Help??