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Subject: Bug in installation of FreeBSD 4.1 via FTP using a "HTTP proxy"
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>Number:         23516
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Bug in installation of FreeBSD 4.1 via FTP using a "HTTP proxy"
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    murray
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec 13 00:50:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    Sun Sep 23 20:56:25 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Sun Sep 23 20:56:54 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Anders Lildballe
>Release:        4.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
When I try to install FreeBSD 4.1 i386 on a Pentium133 with 64 MB of RAM 
via FTP, the software on the installation floppies hangs when installing
via "HTTP proxy" is selected. I have tried on 4 different Pentium 133 and
they are all subject to this bug
>How-To-Repeat:
- Prepare the installation floppies for FreeBSD 4.1
- Boot the installation floppies
- Select installation via FTP and select the "HTTP proxy" option
- The installation then hangs 
>Fix:
The following workaround has been successfull in 4 out of 4 cases:
- Select installation via FTP, but select "active FTP" instead of "HTTP proxy"
- I get an error message, because the network is behind a firewall
- Then I select "HTTP proxy" and everything works fine

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: murray 
State-Changed-When: Fri Aug 31 11:15:32 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
I believe that all of the quirks with the HTTP proxy installation 
have been fixed.  Can you try downloading a floppy of 4.4-RC2 and then 
trying to do an HTTP install from ftp.FreeBSD.org?  This works for me 
so if you run into other problems then please send me debugging 
output. In particular you don't have to do a complete install, just 
get a new version of sysinstall and then type : 

$ setenv SYSINSTALL_DEBUG 1 
$ setenv debug 1 
$ /stand/sysinstall releaseName=4.4-RC2 configPackages 

And see if it will grab the index from the FTP site correctly 
through you HTTP proxy.  Remember to use ftp.freebsd.org since the 
other mirrors probably don't know about 4.4-RC2. 

Thanks, 
- Murray 



Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->murray 
Responsible-Changed-By: murray 
Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Aug 31 11:15:32 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
I'm looking into HTTP proxy PRs with sysinstall.  I think they are all fixed now. 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=23516 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: murray 
State-Changed-When: Sun Sep 23 20:56:25 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
This bug has been fixed.  Please open another PR if you find any more 
problems with sysinstall.  Thanks! 


http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=23516 
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