On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, John Lowell wrote:
Every time I make an attempt to finish the installation of SuSE 8.1 from one of the ftp mirror sites I get a "file not found on server" error. I have been absolutely punctilious about making sure that the ip address and path to the i586 file are correct and have gone to three or four different sites. I've tested using WS_FTP Pro and I can connect to the file, but of course, you can't approach installation that way. What gives here; is this high traffic or what? I've created and re-created the Module disks also.
... Attempt to finish? It sounds like you are upgrading a running machine, and it starts out using passive FTP (/etc/wgetrc : passive_ftp = on), but then the "new improved" wgetrc gets installed with passive off. Can you, at that point, boot the rescue system, edit the file (remember to both uncomment the line and change off -> on), and then try to finish? Assuming one has downloaded the floppy-based rescue system in advance. By the way, here's the once-per-day admonition: YOU won't connect to FTP servers through a firewall or NAT box because of the issue mentioned above, and it's findable on http://sdb.suse.de/en/ by a keyword search using "YOU connect", or in the archives of this mailing list. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Email: jimc@math.ucla.edu http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc (q.v. for PGP key) --g9PJqSPM002134.1035575548/simba.math.ucla.edu-- ReSent-Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:16:04 -0700 (PDT) ReSent-From: Jim Carter <jimc@math.ucla.edu> ReSent-To: johnlowell@ameritech.net, <suse-linux-e@suse.com> ReSent-Subject: Re: [SLE] Can't connect to FTP servers (was: SuSE 8.1 Installation) ReSent-Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0210251316040.3097@simba.math.ucla.edu> On Fri, 25 Oct 2002, John Lowell wrote:
Every time I make an attempt to finish the installation of SuSE 8.1 from one of the ftp mirror sites I get a "file not found on server" error. I have been absolutely punctilious about making sure that the ip address and path to the i586 file are correct and have gone to three or four different sites. I've tested using WS_FTP Pro and I can connect to the file, but of course, you can't approach installation that way. What gives here; is this high traffic or what? I've created and re-created the Module disks also.
... Attempt to finish? It sounds like you are upgrading a running machine, and it starts out using passive FTP (/etc/wgetrc : passive_ftp = on), but then the "new improved" wgetrc gets installed with passive off. Can you, at that point, boot the rescue system, edit the file (remember to both uncomment the line and change off -> on), and then try to finish? Assuming one has downloaded the floppy-based rescue system in advance. By the way, here's the once-per-day admonition: YOU won't connect to FTP servers through a firewall or NAT box because of the issue mentioned above, and it's findable on http://sdb.suse.de/en/ by a keyword search using "YOU connect", or in the archives of this mailing list. James F. Carter Voice 310 825 2897 FAX 310 206 6673 UCLA-Mathnet; 6115 MSA; 405 Hilgard Ave.; Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555 Email: jimc@math.ucla.edu http://www.math.ucla.edu/~jimc (q.v. for PGP key) --g9PJqSPM002134.1035575548/simba.math.ucla.edu--