Bug 6010

Summary:	FTP install bug - (null) hostname
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	sshah
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Jay Turner <jturner>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	srevivo
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	1999-10-18 18:26:28 UTC	Type:	---
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Description sshah 1999-10-17 00:09:54 UTC

When using the FTP install procedure, the installer is able
to autodetect the NIC (tulip for me) and get to the point
where it is ready to accept a FTP site name and directory
for installation.

After typing in the (correct) information, it fails.

The <alt>-f3 screen shows that it is trying to transfer:
ftp://(null)/mirror/redhat-6.1/RedHat/base/stage2.img

The NIC itself is an old SMC card which I've had working
with RH4.2. When

Comment 1 alanrb 1999-10-17 04:40:59 UTC

I ran into the same problem and it turned out to be either the DNS for
my ISP was not returing a valid address or the site was down. I tried
another site that manually accepted FTPs and it worked correctly.