Re: Install over FTP: DNS lookup problem

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

carsten.kunze%arcor.de@localhost writes:

>I try to install 201504051500Z/amd64/installation/cdrom/boot.iso. After network config FTP install says:
>ftp: Can't lookup 'ftp.netbsd.org:ftp': Temporary failure in name resolution

>Name server is 8.8.8.8
>Ping works. What can be the problem?

That's a bug in the installation routines.

dhcpcd conflicts with the manual entry of the nameserver because
it overwrites /etc/resolv.conf. As a workaround either don't use
DHCP for installation or kill dhcpcd when it has configured the
network.

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