Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:08:58 +0200 From: Nicolas Rachinsky <list@rachinsky.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help: FreeBSD 4.3 to 4.5 upgrade problem using sysinstall script Message-ID: <20020404180858.GB5119@pc5.abc> In-Reply-To: <001001c1dc02$11f15b00$3017c581@BSDWIN2KKOROUSH> References: <001001c1dc02$11f15b00$3017c581@BSDWIN2KKOROUSH>
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* Koroush Saraf <koroush.saraf@lmco.com> [2002-04-04 09:56:39 -0800]: > Hi All, > I would like to upgrade a bunch of FreeBSD4.3 computers to FreeBSD 4.5. > Following the FreeBSD handbook I have setup a computer as an ftp server to > serve the contents of the CD4_5_1 as the root for anonymous FTP. > I like to be able to write a script to tell sysinstall to simply upgrade all > the computers. However, before I attempted to write the script I decided to > just try the interactive setup using the /stand/sysinstall on one of the > computers that needs the upgrade. [...] > Howevever the problem is that it comes back and gives the following error: > ? Warning: Can't find the `4.3-RELEASE' distribution on this ? > ? FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for ? > ? the release you are trying to fetch or go to the Options ? > ? menu and to set the release name to explicitly match what's ? > ? available on bsdcon (or set to "any"). ? > ? ? > ? Would you like to select another FTP server? > > Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong and also tell me how to > script this? put the cd in a directory named "4.3-RELEASE", sysinstall is looking for such a directory on the ftp-server Nicolas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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