From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 6: 8: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (mail-1.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A195D37B4C5 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 06:07:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-1.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id GAA14054; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 06:01:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Otter" To: "j mckitrick" , Subject: RE: no access to packages at the ftp site? Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 09:07:18 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ok, so maybe the first sentence in my reply isn't exacly a proper sentence. It isn't a lack of knowledge of the English language; nor is it poor grammar. It's simply a lack of caffeine! Read it for what it's worth. -Otter }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Otter }Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:55 AM }To: j mckitrick; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: RE: no access to packages at the ftp site? } } } } }}-----Original Message----- }}From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }}[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of j mckitrick }}Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:35 AM }}To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }}Subject: no access to packages at the ftp site? }} }} }}I got this error recently on the main ftp site: }} }}root:~# pkg_add -r gnucash }}Error: FTP Unable to get }}ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stabl }}e/Latest/gnucash.tgz: }}File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) }}pkg_add: unable to fetch }}`ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stab }}le/Latest/gnucash.tgz' }}by URL }}root:~# }} }}Also, using sysinstall, the INDEX was not found. Does }}anyone know what }}causus this? What is going wrong? }} }If you fire up /stand/sysinstall and click on Options. For your use }(from what yoou stated above) you want the release name set to }4.1-STABLE. Space to select option, Q to save it as it says on the }bottom of the page. Save it and then go to Configure; Packages to try }an ftp mirror. }-Otter } }}jcm }}-- }}"That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." }}-President Bill Clinton }} }}"I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates }} }} }}To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }}with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message } } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message