From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 29 00:12:53 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 041B416A4CE for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:12:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tabernacle.vortex4.net (tabernacle.vortex4.net [69.36.240.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D62A543D39 for ; Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:12:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from friend@vortex4.net) Received: from paquita (c-24-23-139-240.client.comcast.net [24.23.139.240]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by tabernacle.vortex4.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A66ED28434; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:12:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from friend by paquita with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CjRY1-0002JQ-00; Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:18:41 -0800 Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:18:41 -0800 To: Angus MacGyver Message-ID: <20041229001841.GB6164@vortex4.net> References: <1104277371.26638.11.camel@yavin4.calibre-solutions.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1104277371.26638.11.camel@yavin4.calibre-solutions.co.uk> X-Operating-System: Linux paquita 2.6.7 X-System-Stats: 11:57:33 up 18 days, 10:00, 6 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i From: Dave cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 5.3 FTP install X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 00:12:53 -0000 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