Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Sun, 2 May 1999 13:05:10 -0600 (MDT)
That is a problem that is unrelated to YDL or RH. Try another ftp site
(that's the best advise I can give you)
On Sun, 2 May 1999, Ben Karas wrote:
> I'll try a 4th time. The exact error message is (skipping the rpm info):
> "error setting removte server to passive mode". clicked 'ok', then 'yes',
> "server IO error".
>
> I'm using 129.22.32.15 because I have an OC3 & OC12 backbone connection to
> that machine.
>
> I was doing a thorough custom installation, though I am now quite speedy
> about it after my 3rd try.
>
> -Ben
>
> ps. Since I'm already subscribed to ydl, you don't have to cc me as well,
> thus doubling my email count.
>
> >Ben-
> >I recently got similar errors during my yellowdog install, as have
> >others. Oddly enough, I also got the same error messages during my recent
> >RedHat 6.0 ftp install. This leads me to believe it is not a yellowdog
> >problem (as I had at first assumed.) The answer seems to be to keep
> >trying until you get through- during my redhat install, this came on
> >about the 4th retry, while others here have reported very quick (1st
> >retry) to very slow (i.e., never.) One question: are you sure there was
> >no network activity? IIRC, I got network activity on each retry. I can't
> >be sure, though. Good luck with the HD install-
> >Luis
> >
> >On Sun, 2 May 1999, Ben Karas wrote:
> >>
> >> I just tried installing twice in a row via ftp and failed. The error
> >> occured when the installer tried to download the first rpm,
> >> 'setup-1.9.2-3.noarch.rpm'.
> >>
> >> The first error message was that an error occured switching to passive
> >> mode. I pressed 'ok' and then 'yes' to retry the download. The error
> >> that I got next was a 'server IO' error. Retrying again resulted in the
> >> 'server IO' message again. I did not see any network activity after that
> >> first error message.
> >>
> >> Am I the only one with these errors? I'm going to install off of hard
> >> drive, but I don't see this as an ideal solution.
> >>
> >> -Ben Karas
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >#######################################################################
> >
> > God was my co-pilot,
> > but we crashed in the mountains
> > and I had to eat him.
> > -bumper sticker
> >
> >#######################################################################
>
>
>
>
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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