Scott R. Every (scott@emji.net)
Fri, 02 Jul 1999 14:36:20 -0400
I never had much luck using the RH ftp installer to ftp from the YDL site...
try ftp.linuxberg.org or do as i did and d/l the source to a local machine
and ftp to it or install from an external HD...
I believe this might be a problem on the YDL ftp side rather than an ANS
issue.
Their ftp site did not seem to like when I tried to grab the entire site...
s
--On Fri, Jul 2, 1999 11:27 AM -0700 chuck's list account
<cglist@mac-mgrs.org> wrote:
> Well, I completed the battery ritual, and on my first attempt at a
> boot from the yellowdoglinux floppy (from Scott R. Every's server) I
> got the dreaded default catch from open firmware.
>
> I figured I'd have another go, and gave the open firmware command to
> reboot from the floppy and *a fuse blew on my rackmount power strip*!
> My whole rack went dark! Six production servers all fell over at
> once. Ugh. So I frantically re-plug everything and make sure the
> paying clients are running again...
>
> Plug the ans into a different powersource...
>
> Try booting again off the floppy (turn and start working on my
> powerbook) then out of the corner of my eye I see the screen change
> and lo and behold... I'm booted into the yellowdog installer! whoo
> hoo!
>
> I go through all the prelims and start an ftp install.
>
> I get to the point where it says:
>
> Retrieving base/stage2.img
>
> (for a long time)
> then fails with:
>
> "Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk: Failed to connect to the
> server."
>
> I know that the IP setup on the box is good. I can ping and
> traceroute to it from inside and outside my network.
>
> I have the following in my install via fTP screen:
>
> FTP site name: ftp.yellowdoglinux.com
> Yellow Dog Directory: /pub/yellowdog/champion-1.0/RedHat/
>
> The "Use non-anonymous ftp or a proxy server" is UNchecked.
>
> Any clue what may be happening?
>
> -chuck goolsbee
> seattle, wa
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