Re: DEBIAN 1.2 DISKETTE PROBLEMS UPDATE
> At 07:15 PM 1/5/97 -0600, Guy Maor wrote:
> >No, dselect's ftp method, dpkg-ftp, uses perl's Net::FTP to do ftp
> >(the protocol). It does not require ftp (the client). Use dselect to
> >get netstd and you'll have ftp (the client).
> #################
> It may have gotten lost when the list went down last week, but I
> posted about the dselect pseudo-ftp not working either. So since I have no
> ftp binary, or way to get the netstd package, I am still out of luck.
> When I run dselect and attempt to connect this is what I get...
> > >Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
> > >
> > >Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
> > >Net::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm
> > >line 405
> > >FTP ERROR
> Someone from this list forwarded me this, and it is the EXACT same
> thing that happens to me. I tried it with that host, other hosts, etc.. no
> good. It bombs out just like that :(
> So, until I can find some 1.1 disks, or this gets fixed my server is
> still down...
>
> Regards,
>
> Kendrick
This sounds a lot like a DNS problem. My roommate did a fresh install over
Xmas break (while I was away) and apparently had this same sort of problem.
He copied /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf from my (working) machine and the
problem was (apparently) fixed. Maybe the initial installation disks should
provide access to ftp.debian.org by IP rather than name?
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