Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 18:25:23 +0200 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@teledomenet.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> Subject: Re: Best anoncvs Site to Update 6.2 Sources Message-ID: <200703011825.24343.nvass@teledomenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <200703011500.l21F0JSV065383@dc.cis.okstate.edu> References: <200703011500.l21F0JSV065383@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On Thursday 01 March 2007 17:00, Martin McCormick wrote: > After installing FreeBSD6.2 from the ISO image, I figured > that cvsup would be the best way to update the new system and > apply the patches which have come out since the image was > created. I think I have cvsup ready to go, but I can't tell for > sure since the mirror site I picked was the first one in the list > for the United states. It is anoncvs.FreeBSD.org and is obviously > quite popular. cvsup tried all night long to connect and never > got in . The next mirror site for the US is > anoncvs1.FreeBSD.org and it appears to be down. Since all I need > is to update all the sources for FreeBSD6.2, is there a better > choice of sites? I got these 2 site names from the FreeBSD > handbook. anoncvs is not CVSup. anoncvs.freebsd.org is an anonymous cvs server. You can find CVSup mirrors (and other information) here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvsup.html HTH, Nikos
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