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Date:      Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:19:53 +0100
From:      Olivier Mueller <om-lists-bsd@omx.ch>
To:        Moises Castellanos <m2o7i1@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 7.0 Release for Alpha
Message-ID:  <E627EEC7-1159-434C-85B1-4C2FF15B9EF2@omx.ch>
In-Reply-To: <2620c3260802282121u729f002sda65fbd65ba47246@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <2620c3260802282121u729f002sda65fbd65ba47246@mail.gmail.com>

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Le 29 f=E9vr. 08 =E0 06:21, Moises Castellanos a =E9crit :
> I try to download the 7.0 Release for Alpha Platform, but "550 no such
> directory"
> Y search in ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha/ and =20
> there is
> no 7.0-RELEASE
> Anyone know why this is happening ???

Compare:
"FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE is now available for the amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, =20=

and powerpc architectures. The version for the sparc64 architecture =20
will become available in a few days. Some of the package builds are =20
still in progress."
( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/7.0R/announce.html )

with:
"FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE is now available for the alpha, amd64, i386, =20
pc98, and sparc64 architectures."
( http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.3R/announce.html )

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-alpha/2006-May/003011.html
Short version: "Alpha support is being retired in 7.0"

regards & HTH,
Olivier=



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