I installed with the Duke FTP Install cd two days ago actually using the Georgia Tech mirror. Now by static IP do you mean my connection is static? I'm not sure it would matter if you got a DHCP IP from your ISP or static IP.
Zac Grigorios Bouzakis wrote: > pardon me for asking here too but posting this on the forum noone actually > replied > and its driving me crazy.. > has anyone actually got to install arch from ftp using a static ip adress > since > don't panic was released? > i have tried several times but 99% of the times the connection times out and i > get an error trying to get package list. sometimes it gets package list with > an > awfully slow speed. i have not yet managed to download pacman... > whats even weirder is the fact that i cant install even with an ftp Duke cd > as i did in the past. > packages download normally but you cant see the output in tty5. then locale > are > not generated (get using the default C instead) even though that was only an > issue on the Linuxtrag iso afaik. > i have no idea why this would happen. i mean it might be logical if the dont > panic iso failed for some reason. but getting a different than before > behaviour > with the duke iso as well is really weird. > the settings i used for my nic are the ones i use in my working installation > also so i dont see what might be wrong with that > any thoughts/solutions? > thanks > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
