Bug 126819 - sysinstall(8) During install if initial name look-up fails, all subsequent lookups fail
Summary: sysinstall(8) During install if initial name look-up fails, all subsequent lo...
Status: Closed Overcome By Events
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: bin (show other bugs)
Version: Unspecified
Hardware: Any Any
: Normal Affects Only Me
Assignee: freebsd-sysinstall (Nobody)
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Reported: 2008-08-25 09:50 UTC by Daniel Hellsson
Modified: 2015-11-10 09:12 UTC (History)
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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.

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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 freebsd_triage 2008-08-25 16:10:05 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-amd64->freebsd-bugs

Reclassify
Comment 2 randi freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 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 freebsd_triage 2013-06-29 06:52:04 UTC 
Responsible Changed
From-To: randi->freebsd-sysinstall

back to mailing list.
Comment 4 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-11-10 09:08:22 UTC 
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.
Comment 5 Enji Cooper freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-11-10 09:12:23 UTC 
sysinstall has been replaced by bsdinstall in FreeBSD 9.x. Closing.