Re: OpenBSD install via FTP/HTTP fails...

["billyjoeray@netzero.net" <billyjoeray@netzero.net>]

You are correct, this is a problem with the amount of RAM (At least for me when
I had this problem sticking more RAM in fixed it)

I'm an amature computer user but I *think* the problem is that when you start
downloading the large files they are being put in RAM and they come in a little
too fast so your RAM fills up before OpenBSD can write it out to the hard drive
and thats when it crashes.

= Adam =

On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 00:36:36 -0400, STeve Andre' said:

> I'm not really sure this applies to you, but its easy enough to try.  There are
>  some known problems with installs on 8M systems.
>  
>  In the FAQ (http://openbsd.org/faq/install-i386.html#8meg) there is a neat
>  workaround for systems with little memory.  Usually the problem is seen
>  father alongin the install, but you might be seeing the same kind of problem
>  too.
>  
>  Anyway, I'd say try that--you can't lose much and it won't take long.
>  
>  Good luck with it!
>  
>  --STeve Andre'
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>  At 12:22 AM 10/5/00 -0400, Eric D. Means wrote:
>  >PC: Packard Hell 486SX/33 with 8MB RAM (soon to be upgraded!), 15.3GB HDD
>  >(not recognized by the BIOS, but BSD sees it just fine), CD-ROM is
>  >nonfunctional (at the moment or permanently, I know not), and a D-Link
>  >DE-220PCT ISA Ethernet Card.
>  >
>  >Partition Disk (100MB /, 64 MB swap, 50 MB /tmp, 1GB /usr, 4GB /var, 100MB
>  >/var/spool/mail, ~9GB /home).
>  >
>  >Configure Network? [y] y
>  >... through the network process. I'm running DSL through a Netgear RT311
>  >(configured as 192.168.0.1, DHCP server) into a hub, which splits off to
>  >my primary PC and the server. My primary PC is 192.168.0.2.
>  >DHCP configuration is successful; the server grabs address 192.168.0.4
>  >(dunno why not 3, but it's 4 every time). Default route is set to
>  >192.168.0.1 (default), nameserver set to same (as per configuration of my
>  >primary PC as reported by winipcfg).
>  >
>  >Do you wish to install via (f)tp, (h)ttp, ...
>  >If I choose ftp, everything seems to work fine including pulling down a
>  >list of servers; I pick one, and it gives me the choices of
>  >packages. Whether I change or accept the default, the next step is always
>  >the same. It tries to download base27.tgz, but before the file even gets
>  >started it prints, "'EPSV': command not recognized" and just stops. No
>  >network blinkenlights (except the Link light), nothing -- even
>  >CTRL-ALT-DEL and CTRL-C merely print control sequences on the screen.
>  >I've tried this with about 4 different FTP servers plus an FTP server
>  >(WAR-FTPD) running on my primary PC.
>  >
>  >HTTP doesn't work at all. It won't pull down a list of possible servers at
>  >all, and when I pointed it to a webserver running on my primary PC it
>  >couldn't find the files even though I verified that they were accessible
>  >at that address.
>  >
>  >I've tried multiple installation floppies, downloaded the floppy image
>  >from multiple sites; same problem.
>  >
>  >I don't have a CD-R or any OpenBSD CDs, getting the files onto a HD and
>  >doing a "local install" is difficult right now, and I can't do NFS.
>  >
>  >
>  >--
>  >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>  >  Eric D. Means -- eric.means@louisville.edu
>  >  http://www.louisville.edu/~edmean01/
>  >program /n./ 1. A magic spell cast over a computer allowing it to
>  >turn one's input into error messages. 2. An exercise in experimental
>  >epistemology.
>  >-- The Jargon File
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