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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 03:42:22 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Jesse Geddis <sgeine@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: stable install
Message-ID:  <20020220034221.B48401@blossom.cjclark.org>
In-Reply-To: <NGBBKILMGLGEDIHMGJANIEAOCAAA.sgeine@yahoo.com>; from sgeine@yahoo.com on Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 01:44:29AM -0800
References:  <NGBBKILMGLGEDIHMGJANIEAOCAAA.sgeine@yahoo.com>

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On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 01:44:29AM -0800, Jesse Geddis wrote:
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> why am I not able to do a FTP install off the -STABLE branch? when I
> specify 4.0-STABLE in the 'release name' under sysinstall options I
> get an error. is this something I have to do with CVS instead? I can
> do ftp installs of 3.5.1-RELEASE through 4.5-RELEASE with no problem
> and that's what I've always done but I would rather use the -STABLE
> branch.

You can only do FTP installs of a -RELEASE. Install a minimal
-RELEASE, cvsup(1) -STABLE source and build a -STABLE system.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org

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