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Date:      Sat, 10 Nov 2007 02:26:29 GMT
From:      Andreas Feid <asimex@gmx.de>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/117951: 7.0Beta2 netinstall fails
Message-ID:  <200711100226.lAA2QTJY026790@www.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <200711100230.lAA2U3qC061391@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         117951
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       7.0Beta2 netinstall fails
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 10 02:30:03 UTC 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andreas Feid
>Release:        7.0-BETA2
>Organization:
N/A
>Environment:
>Description:
Download the netinst image of 7.0-Beta2
start install
wait till packages are to be fetched
error appears "unable to get packages/index file from the selected media"

Check ftp.freebsd.com

there is indeed no such file

ftp> pwd
257 "/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386" is cwd.
ftp> ls 7.0-BETA2/packages/INDEX
200 PORT command successful.
550 No such file or directory.
ftp> ls 6.2-RELEASE/packages/INDEX
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
INDEX
226 Listing completed.
ftp: 7 bytes received in 0.00Seconds 7000.00Kbytes/sec.
ftp>






>How-To-Repeat:
Try to install 7.0-BETA2 via the net
>Fix:
Update the ftp server and all its mirrors with the proper INDEX file

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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