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Re: Failed installation from PXE for debathenta

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Benjamin Kaduk)
Tue Oct 9 10:54:37 2012

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 10:54:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To: Colin Landon <colin.landon@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 9 Oct 2012, Colin Landon wrote:

> HIi there,
>
> I'm trying to install debathena on a private workstation.  I get to input
> the static ipaddress 18.80.2.27 (or hostname henri), but then I get an
> error message that says to contact you.
>
> The errors are
>
> wget: bad address 'debathena.mit.edu'
>
> chmod kexec No such file
>
> ...
>
>
> I started httpd, so you should be able to get to the log file remotely.
>
> Please let me know if I can do anything to make this work.

Hi Colin,

I don't seem to be able to reach 18.80.2.27 via http or other protocol.
This makes me wonder if the machine is behind a NAT or firewall -- where 
is the actual computer located?

-Ben Kaduk

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