Re: ftp installation hangs

[Allan Bowhill <bc587@scn.org>]

> I'm not too sure how this is handled. I assume that the binary set is
> ftpd through standard output and then piped through tar, but I could be
> wrong.  The ironic thing is that movie.gif is a very small file.  The
> last file in that archive (base23.tar.gz) is ./var/yp/README, although
> you were about 20 files from the end. Of course since this is the base
> package you won't be able to do anything without it.  Have you tried
> different ftp sites?  Again, I know this is not much help, but I really
> don't know what to say.
> 

I haven't a clue myself, but I certainly appreciate the fact that someone
is interested in helping, thanks for that!

What I will do is hunt around a bit for a ftpd for Debian, and try an
install that way. It would have been nice if ftp.sunsite.org.uk carried
an OpenBSD distribution for public NFS, as they have for NetBSD, FreeBSD
and Linux. An NFS install of NetBSD seemed to work fine, although it took
about 9 hours :) (I didn't hang around to watch)

> Linux seems very chaotic to me, which is why I use OpenBSD.  Too bad you
> haven't had luck because I find the OpenBSD distribution very well put
> together.  Last time I checked it was more complete then NetBSD (for *MY*
> needs) and the install was *MUCH* faster than FreeBSD  (minutes instead of
> hours).

I agree with your impression of Linux. I don't want to use it as my main 
system, becuase the kernel has a lot of errors compiling. However, it's
still a lot of fun to use. FreeBSD is a lot more stable than Linux. From
what I've seen of NetBSD, it is a bit sparse, but the install is pretty
straightforward. From what I saw, OpenBSD does have quite a few nice 
things included. I would certainly like to try it, and plan to do so.

Again, thanks for your help!

--Allan