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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!nntp.uio.no!Norway.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl.crl.com!not-for-mail From: medrecjm@crl.com (John Mosser) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: trouble with ftp install Date: 4 Jun 1996 08:11:40 -0700 Organization: the brink Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4p1jnc$c4a@crl.crl.com> References: <4onm5i$kvc@crl.crl.com> <31B1DCA4.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: : John Mosser wrote: : > - I'm sure the info I'm entering is right, and I'm entering info in the menu : > correctly as well : Quick test - after entering this data on the TCP/IP setup screen and : beginning the install (e.g. the point where the ftp to ftp.cdrom.com : eventually times out), try pinging this box from another box on the same : wire. If you can't even ping it, it's the 3c509 not talking to the net : for some reason and you should boot DOS, run the 3c509 setup diskette : and disable plug-n-play mode if it's set, also verifying the settings : against what's shown by the -c option to boot: : -- : - Jordan Hubbard : President, FreeBSD Project Thanks Jordan! The actual command I needed to run from DOS was the Etherlink 3com diskette's "3c5x9cfg config /nopnp" command. After that, I loaded the OS from the ftp.freebsd.org site with no problems. -John-