>Number:         4958
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       sysinst should be able to install via FTP without DNS
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Feb  8 20:50:02 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mason Loring Bliss
>Organization:
>Release:        1.3
>Environment:
System: NetBSD acheron.middleboro.ma.us 1.3B NetBSD 1.3B (MLB) #0: Thu Jan 22 01:44:48 EST 1998 mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us:/usr/src/sys/arch/mac68k/compile/MLB mac68k


>Description:

sysinst cannot complete an installation using ftp if DNS is not available.
This should not be the case - it makes sense to be able to have a network
connection between two machines with no DNS available, using only IP numbers.
The other day I installed NetBSD on a friend's i386, and had to ftp the
distribution files over by hand from my box, and install from a local dir-
ectory. It was not a stunningly clean process.

>How-To-Repeat:

Try to install NetBSD onto a system via FTP, with no DNS available.
>Fix:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: