From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 28 20:31:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from orion.ac.hmc.edu (Orion.AC.HMC.Edu [134.173.32.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C0E014E14 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:31:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brdavis@orion.ac.hmc.edu) Received: (from brdavis@localhost) by orion.ac.hmc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24591; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:29:45 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:29:45 -0700 From: Brooks Davis To: Tan Su Wei Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: obtaining FreeBSD 2.2.6 Message-ID: <19991028202945.A26672@orion.ac.hmc.edu> References: <001201bf21b7$f300a220$3b23640a@cyber.mmu.edu.my> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre4i In-Reply-To: <001201bf21b7$f300a220$3b23640a@cyber.mmu.edu.my>; from swtan@mmu.edu.my on Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 09:47:31AM +0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 09:47:31AM +0700, Tan Su Wei wrote: > i'm looking for FreeBSD 2.2.6. but i'm not sure how to get it. > I've try the FreeBSD ftp site... and i can only release 2.2.8 and 3.x.x, > can some one shows me how to get it... including what packet should i > get ... i'm going to install it to test the NIST MPLS switch... It's generally not available on FTP sites because it takes up too much space. Are you absolutely certain the software in question won't work on 2.2.8 (have you tried it)? I'm not sure, but I believe it should be technically possible to install 2.2.8, then use cvs or cvsup to downgrade your source to 2.2.6, and finally make world. > and I haven't joined the mailing list, may i know how... see: http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/eresources.html#ERESOURCES-MAIL -- Brooks -- "Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one" --Thomas Jefferson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message