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Date:      Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:50:03 GMT
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error
Message-ID:  <200801242250.m0OMo3fO085829@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR amd64/119949; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To: Byron Young <bkyoung74q9@yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX
 error
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:48:57 +0100

 Byron Young wrote:
 > On the install machine, use
 > 
 > <ip address or
 > fqdn>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE
 > 
 > as the custom ftp URL, leaving the OPTIONS setting to
 > RELEASE: 6.3-RELEASE, user ftp, and password
 > install@machine.whatever. This should map to 
 > /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/6.3-RELEASE on the local
 > ftp server?
 
 Evidently not:
 
 > 
 > The symbolic link is added to
 > /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE
 
 Just set it to /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ and let it append the 
 6.3-RELEASE/ to that?
 
 Kris
 



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