Re: ftp installation hangs

[Allan Bowhill <bc587@scn.org>]

On Sat, 4 Jul 1998, Aaron Jackson wrote:

> >I am trying an ftp install, and I seem to have gotten it mostly to work.
> >I am routing through another small unix box connected to the internet by
> >a modem.
> 
> How long does that take?  Just the thought of it scares me.
>

FreeBSD and Debian Linux are the only ones i've succeeded at getting.
It's a process not worth hanging around and watching. It roughly
takes about two hours for a base install, or 6-12 hours for a full
install, at 4kps.
 
> >The install disk downloads the base distibution files up to a certain
> >point, then without error, just stops. I still have a ppp connection
> >up and running, but no ftp data flowing.
> >
> >It always stops at the same place in the install:
> >
> >./var/www/icons/movie.gif
> >
> >Does this file appear at the end of one of the archives?
> >Perhaps something is not spawning.
> >Has this happened to anyone else?
> 
> Would it be possible to down load all the files first before you begin?
> If you don't have the disk space you really should get a CD (you should
> get one anyway).  Not much help, but I've never tried a modem install
> before.

It would be a better to download the files first, but the router box 
(a basic Debian Linux 2.0 install) isn't setup to serve ftp, and there are
some library problems in getting it to do that. I'm not even sure if it
would address the problem, unless the problem has something to do with
passive mode ftp in the OpenBSD installation.

A cd install is definitely a better solution. But for now, I'm
experimenting with varieties of Unix that will install over the internet
via modem.  At the moment, I'm trying an NFS install over modem of NetBSD,
and it seems to be working, at about half the pace. I will check to see
if the NFS server has an OpenBSD distribution.

--Allan