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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!hobyah.cc.uq.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!usenet.etri.re.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!news.mathworks.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.duke.edu!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!jlfox From: jlfox+@pitt.edu (James L Fox) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't install via FTP... Date: 6 May 1996 02:54:07 GMT Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4mjpkf$fn4@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> References: <3187B95A.498E@rpi.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: niven.nis.pitt.edu In article <3187B95A.498E@rpi.edu>, Jeff <sackj@rpi.edu> wrote: > I've been struggling through this installation for a few hours, > overcoming one problem and then another. Now I'm stuck on what should be > the easiest one of all. When FTPing to another machine to install > the files, it says something like "Connecting to XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX..." > Then "Logging in..." and nothing happens. It just says that I can't > log in. I've tried anonymous. I've tried ftp. I've tried many > different servers... I'm baffled. Please help.... ditto (almost) You must be getting farther than me 'cause I never see "Connecting..." I struggled for hours thinking I had DNS problems but when I chose "Other" and specified the ftp://163......../path method the result was the same - "Can't ftp to ..." I know the hardware is OK because I can reboot to DOS and ftp to FreeBSD.org [to look around for ideas] any time I wish. I'm running a Dell pentium with 2 1.2g disks. The boot.flp & rawrite.exe download went without a hitch followed by an encouraging session with the bootup/configuration utilities. It's a bummer to hit that dead silence of a failed ftp connection after such an encouraging start. :-( Can we assume the boot software is recognizing the necessary hardware [like my ethernet card] when it doesn't complain? Thanks, --Jim Fox