Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:18:41 -0800 From: Dave <friend@vortex4.net> To: Angus MacGyver <macgyver@calibre-solutions.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 FTP install Message-ID: <20041229001841.GB6164@vortex4.net> In-Reply-To: <1104277371.26638.11.camel@yavin4.calibre-solutions.co.uk> References: <1104277371.26638.11.camel@yavin4.calibre-solutions.co.uk>
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I haven't had installing a cvsup-without-gui package work from the installer for months; I'd recommend installing the ports collection with the rest of the system packages and then build the cvsup-without-gui port after you've rebooted. They've toned down the m3 dependencies a bit...it still takes a little while, but not the 3 days it used to take ;> Besides, the cvsup-without-gui port isn't updated all that often, so if you grab the ports collection via ftp you'll probably have the latest Makefile for cvsup-without-gui. On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 11:42:51PM +0000, Angus MacGyver wrote: > Hi, > > I am having one major issue on the install of 5.3 on an Alpha164SX. > > I downloaded the miniinst iso image, burnt all ok, and installed vai FTP > (master site) ok. > (used master site as the UK sites were giving me problems with not > having the files for 5.3-RELEASE) > > > HOWEVER. > When I try to install pre-packaged files (for example, i want to install > cvs-without-gui, and don't want to have to spend and disk space with > everything that compiling this package would require) i get an error > message as follows.. > > > > Unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media. This may be > because the packages collection is not available on the distribution > media you've chosen, most likely an FTP site without the packages > collection mirrored. Please verify that your media, or your path to the > media, is correct and try again. > > > This happens no matter which FTP site i try. > > I saw this as a problem in the x86 tree, but that was a problem with the > FTP site... > > Anyone give me a hand with 5.3 for AXP in the same way ? > > Cheers > > AM > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Dave Cotton friend@vortex4.net
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