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Date:      Tue, 15 Oct 2002 07:43:27 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        "Tony M." <zigner@earthlink.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing Packages Using Sysinstall?
Message-ID:  <20021015144327.GE72182@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <3DABAA43.C394B84C@earthlink.net>
References:  <3DABAA43.C394B84C@earthlink.net>

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On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 10:40:19PM -0700, Tony M. wrote:
> Hello again everyone.
> I am trying to use the sysinstall utility to add packages.  If I use the =
main server
> (ftp.freebsd.org) then I get a message saying that it can't find the 4.7-=
RC1
> distribution on this server.
> When I set the options to "any" and then try it it says it can't find the=
 /INDEX file
> on the specified server.  Even when I put in the full path to
> ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4.7-rc1/ as a url, =
it still
> can't find it.
>=20
> What am I doing wrong?

Release Candidate packages are not kept on the server after the
release is made.  Upgrade to 4.7-RELEASE or manually change the
'release' string in the sysinstall config screen.

Kris



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