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Date:      Sun, 6 Aug 2000 07:49:27 -0300 (ADT)
From:      Bryan Bursey <bbmail@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>
To:        Roy Lyons <rlyons@mediaone.net>
Cc:        -Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: /stand/sysinstall 4.1-stable
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008060747520.14760-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>
In-Reply-To: <398D3DB0.9C434BFC@mediaone.net>
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Hi.

You'll want to go to 'Options' in sysinstall and change the release name
to 4.1-RELEASE.  IIRC, the ftp servers won't have 4.1-STABLE listed
(except maybe as a symlink).

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Bryan

On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Roy Lyons wrote:

> alright, heres an oddity.  I wanted to peruse the ports in sysinstall
> cause I am lazy and it gives me a description of each port as I put the
> cursor over it.  However, with every possible ftp mirror site and with
> the primary site, I get the following:
>=20
>=20
>         +---------------- User Confirmation Requested ----------------+
>         =A6 Warning:  Can't CD to `4.1-STABLE' distribution on this     =
=A6
>         =A6 FTP server.  You may need to visit a different server for   =
=A6
>         =A6 the release you're trying to fetch or go to the Options     =
=A6
>         =A6 menu and to set the release name to explicitly match what's =
=A6
>         =A6 available on ftp2.freebsd.org (or set to "none").           =
=A6
>         =A6                                                             =
=A6
>         =A6 Would you like to select another FTP server?                =
=A6
>         +-------------------------------------------------------------=A6
>         =A6                    [ Yes ]         No                       =
=A6
>         +-------------------------------------------------------------+
>=20
> Anyone know what might be going on here?  is it the ftp server, or is it
> my sysinstall wanking?  Thanks
>=20
> Roy R. Lyons
>=20
>=20
>=20
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