[Trinux-talk] How to load packages from a package server?

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Greetz all,

I have the Trinux NET boot floppy 0.80rc2.  I've set up a package server
with all of the trinux .tgz packages for the local net at
ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/ - the trinux boot floppy has the following in
/tux/config/server:

ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
#http://www.trinux.org/pkg/
#http://www.io.com/~mdfranz/trinux/pkg/

After boot, I see the messages
  The network was successfully configured
  Contacting ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/...
  Retrieving base packages from ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/
  Retrieving ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/term.tgz


But the process takes forever.. around 5 minutes up to this point.  I don't
have DNS configured to include the new trinux server yet, but I don't see
where that would have any effect on the package loading, etc.  This is a
100Mb network and 600 MHz systems with gobs of RAM. Oddly, the only activity
I see on the switch connecting these systems is an intermittant blink every
2-3 seconds; no constant activity like what i'd expect. Why the slowness?

Also, what is the command for retrieving additional packages after Trinux
fully boots?

I've tried accessing the packages by typing the following commands:

 -getpkg
 -getpkg ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz
 -snarf ftp://10.0.0.2/trinux/pkg/vi.tgz

None of which retrieve the packages as i thought they would.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.