Re: RH5.2 ftp install via proxy: does it work?

[Noah I Rosenberg <integral csd uwm edu>]

On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Andy Kahn wrote:

> 	"I cannot log into machine: Unable
> 	to lookup FTP server host name"

	I had a -devil- of a time getting this to work. For some reason,
it doesn't like to do ftp installs for machines outside of your subnet,
AND it doesn't like to resolve domain names (mine didn't at least).

	What I ended up having to do was downloading the entire ftp
archive via ncftp to another linux box down the hall, putting it in THAT
box's ftp server, and specifying that box's IP (not domain name), and
FINALLY it connected and started (pant pant)

> i was using 'ftp.redhat.com' as the ftp server (no quotes of course).
> 
> any ideas?  does the installation program not recognize port numbers
> specified with the proxy server?
	
	This might be pushing it as well.. it seems very very finicky.


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Noah Rosenberg
Lead CCL Supervisor
http://www.uwm.edu/~integral
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