Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 04:34:34 -0800 From: Jim Mock <mij@soupnazi.org> To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Where is ftp.freesoftware.com? Message-ID: <20011108123434.GA5361@helios.soupnazi.org> In-Reply-To: <006c01c1684a$6b372810$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <006c01c1684a$6b372810$0a00000a@atkielski.com>
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On Thu, 08 Nov 2001 at 12:42:06 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > I'm trying to fix up linux_base from the ports and just about every > file seems to have to come from ftp.freesoftware.com, which no longer > exists. How am I supposed to install anything this way? Most of the > other mirrors don't work, either. ftp.freesoftware.com has been dead for quite some time (at least 6 months or so). IIRC, the UK mirror has the linux_base bits and is fairly quick (I'm in California). > Is there any way to install this from the Wind River FreeBSD 4.3 > CD-ROM set, without going out to the Net at all? You can install the package from sysinstall... or you can install the package on the command line using pkg_add -r linux_base (that will go fetch the package from the FTP site). - jim -- jim mock <mij@soupnazi.org> http://soupnazi.org/ | jim@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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