Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 09:07:33 -0700 From: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu> To: Andy Reitz <reitz@eecs.cwru.edu> Cc: Johan Nilsson <johan.h.nilsson@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp install / base not found Message-ID: <20060512160733.GB75201@malcolm.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <20060511215634.GA55038@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: <20060511153720.GB42786@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111436090.20727@bender> <c11d0ffd0605111340q7ad979c3ya4bb4291799c8aaf@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111704150.20727@bender> <20060511215634.GA55038@malcolm.berkeley.edu>
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> On May 11 at 17:06, "Andy Reitz" wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 May 2006, Johan Nilsson wrote: > > > > > But can you do a ftp-install from an archived version? If, how? > > > > Johan, > > > > While I have never tried this, sysinstall appears to support entering > > non-standard FTP URLs. After you choose the FTP option, you can choose the > > FTP server. The second option in this list is 'URL', which allows you to > > type in any FTP site -- and as I presume, the ftp-archive site will work > > if entered here. > > I will give this a try tomorrow. I was able to install 5.3-RELEASE using this as the specified URL: ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/5.3-RELEASE What bothers me is this verbiage from sysinstall: "Only the Primary sites are guaranteed to carry the full range of possible distributions." I'm ok with having to use an archive ftp server for the crufty distribution I'm trying to install, but don't lie to me and say I don't have to! *sniff* Mike
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