Bug 126819

Summary:	sysinstall(8) During install if initial name look-up fails, all subsequent lookups fail
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	Daniel Hellsson <daniel.hellsson>
Component:	bin	Assignee:	freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody) <sysinstall>
Status:	Closed Overcome By Events
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Daniel Hellsson 2008-08-25 09:50:01 UTC

During installation from the boot-cd, if a mirror is selected that does not exist (in my case the ftp@se.snapshots.freebsd.org), lookup of that address fails. Any subsequent attempt to choose another mirror for download will automatically fail even if the address is correct. 
That no actual lookup is performed is evident from the speed at which the installation program proclaims that "lookup of address 'xxx' failed" immediately without any delay. Usualy a DNS-lookup will take a few seconds at least to fail.

Fix: 

If a mirror that does exist is selected from the very start, there is no problem, but this confused the hell out of me and it was only because of my persistance that I found that there actually was a way to get the installation going. To get ftp-server addresses that are not viable in the installation instructions is uncommon (and a separate issue).
How-To-Repeat: Start installation from boot CD-image, select installation from FTP-server. Select a mirror that does not exist (see above). The lookup fails. Now select one that does exist. Lookup will fail anyway.

Comment 1 Gavin Atkinson freebsd_committer

2008-08-25 16:10:05 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-amd64->freebsd-bugs

Reclassify

Comment 2 randi freebsd_committer

2009-06-06 19:50:38 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->randi

I'll take a look at this.

Comment 3 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2013-06-29 06:52:04 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: randi->freebsd-sysinstall

back to mailing list.

Comment 4 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer

2015-11-10 09:08:22 UTC

sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.

Comment 5 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer

2015-11-10 09:12:23 UTC

sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.