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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 2008 08:19:58 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org
Message-ID:  <200803070819.58780.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080307.215206.-1474630673.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp>
References:  <20080227.183757.1703981930.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> <20080302.013030.-1474632205.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp> <20080307.215206.-1474630673.furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp>

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On Friday 07 March 2008 07:52:06 am Kazuyoshi Furutaka wrote:
> From: Kazuyoshi Furutaka <furutaka@jb3.so-net.ne.jp>
> Subject: Re: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org
> Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:30:30 +0900 (JST)
>
> > > >> Not only that, but alpha/67626 (the X server one) was fixed at the
> > > >> same time, at least on my machine.
> > > >
> > > > Which release version should I try?
> > >
> > > All my problems have gone away with 6.3-RELEASE, save one (I get
> > >
> > > >> periodic machine checks related to my second serial port. If I
> > > >> disable it, they stop). All previous releases since 4.11 are
> > > >> horribly unstable.
> > >
> > > -Nathan
> >
> > Is there anyone who knows why 6.3-RELEASE/ directory doesn't
> > exist under ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha ???
> >   ncftp ...FreeBSD/releases/alpha > ls
> >   4.11 moved to ftp-archive              6.1 moved to ftp-archive
> >   5.3 moved to ftp-archive               6.2-RELEASE/
> >   5.4 moved to ftp-archive               ISO-IMAGES/
> >   5.5 moved to ftp-archive               README.TXT
> >   6.0 moved to ftp-archive
>
> I repeat: where can I find the 6.3-RELEASE/ directory
> in some ftp sites?  6.3-RELEASE-alpha-disc[23].iso discs
> only contain a "cdrom.inf" file and I can't install a
> (binary packaged) X server as well as its associated
> files.
>
> Thanks in advance.

There weren't any pre-built packages for Alpha for 6.3, you will need to build 
X from ports.

-- 
John Baldwin



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