Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:00:03 GMT From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sparc64/120999: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path Message-ID: <200802251700.m1PH03v6067680@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR sparc64/120999; it has been noted by GNATS. From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sparc64/120999: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:24:56 -0500 On Saturday 23 February 2008 11:19:01 am Michael Fuckner wrote: > >Number: 120999 > >Category: sparc64 > >Synopsis: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: low > >Responsible: freebsd-sparc64 > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 23 16:40:03 UTC 2008 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Michael Fuckner > >Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE amd64 > >Organization: > >Environment: > > > >Description: > > Installing via FTP doesn't work because installation still searches for > files in snapshot directory and not release. > > I'm not sure if this affects other architectures as well. > > >How-To-Repeat: > > boot from 7.0-RC2-sparc64-bootonly.iso and try to install via ftp from > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/sparc64/7.0-RC2/ > sysinstall searches for files in /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/sparc64/7.0-RC2 > > The path can not be corrected in the options menu. > > >Fix: > > Correct path in installer or move files back to snapshots directory (not a > good idea) Are you sure? sysinstall tries several different paths: /* List of sub directories to look for under a given FTP server. */ const char *ftp_dirs[] = { ".", "releases/"MACHINE, "snapshots/"MACHINE, "pub/FreeBSD", "pub/FreeBSD/releases/"MACHINE, "pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/"MACHINE, NULL }; Also, this doesn't seem to be a sparc64-specific PR. -- John Baldwin
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