Bug 6010 – FTP install bug - (null) hostname

Bug 6010 - FTP install bug - (null) hostname

Summary:	FTP install bug - (null) hostname

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	installer (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.1
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Reported:	1999-10-16 20:09 EDT by sshah
Modified:	2015-01-07 18:38 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	1999-10-18 14:26:28 EDT
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Description sshah 1999-10-16 20:09:54 EDT

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 00:40:59 EDT

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.

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