unable to install from floppies

[SWIT]

Hello,
thanks for the help. However I see no were to put in the IP address for the
ftp server. Its already there in the list of all the ftp servers to d/l the
files from.
Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
To: "SWIT" <mark at s-wit.net>
Cc: "freebsd" <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: unable to install from floppies


> SWIT wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I am tyring to install from the floppies.
> > I get to the point were I choose the ftp server to d/l from.
> > then it says can't resolve the ftp.freebsd.org or any of the servers.
> > I tried a static ip and a dhcp ip and neither would work but other
computers
> > on my network will find ftp.freebsd.org (all windows units).
> >
> > I am behind a sonicwall and then a linksys router and have no trouble
going
> > to any site on the net so not sure why I can't get a resolve.
> > I tried several different namservers and none made a difference.
>
> Not sure what's wrong, but a workaround would be to find out the IP
address
> of the FTP server you want to use, and use that instead:
>
> bash-2.05b$ host ftp.freebsd.org
> ftp.freebsd.org has address 62.243.72.50
> ftp.freebsd.org has address 204.152.184.73
>
> -- 
> Bill Moran
> Potential Technologies
> http://www.potentialtech.com
>