From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 30 17:06:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D7A16A4CE for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:06:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from area51.capnet.state.tx.us (area51.capnet.state.tx.us [141.198.193.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0104B43D53 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:06:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stu@area51.capnet.state.tx.us) Received: from area51.capnet.state.tx.us (localhost.capnet.state.tx.us [127.0.0.1])i6UH2Ah8064998; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:02:10 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from stu@area51.capnet.state.tx.us) Received: from localhost (stu@localhost)i6UH2AAx064995; Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:02:10 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:02:10 -0500 (CDT) From: stuart nichols To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040730101819.I64556@area51.capnet.state.tx.us> Message-ID: <20040730112237.Q64556@area51.capnet.state.tx.us> References: <200407301639.13753.matt@fruitsalad.org> <20040730145915.GJ26534@sirius.firepipe.net> <20040730101819.I64556@area51.capnet.state.tx.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Will Andrews Subject: [FreeBSD AMD64 Current] SESNAP 0730 Re: Fwd: Re: Still can't get -current, was Re: getting -current??? X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:06:57 -0000 Will, I'm now using the 0730 build iso. The installer comes up with the release name set to 5.2-CURRENT. I use the Custom line, make the whole drive a FreeBSD partition, then label it with 6 partitions {/, /usr, /usr/local, /var, /home, /export}. This is all how I do the i386 install, and how I did the AMD64 5.2.1-RELEASE. I select ALL for the distributions and say Yes for the ports. I choose FTP for the media and under URL pick snapshots.se.freebsd.org. I say No to IPv6 and Yes to DHCP. I type in a hostname and the rest is DHCP supplied. There is a lookup done on snapshots.se.freebsd.org, and then it returns me to the menu where I select Commit. The partition/label info gets written and the various partitions get initialized. Then I get a message saying that the "5.2-CURRENT" distribution files cannot be found on the server: "Would you like to try another FTP server?" I don't know what path the installer uses to find the release name, but I've tried setting it in Options to various names, such as 5.2-CURRENT-20040730-SESNAP, but it seems to me that 5.2-CURRENT, or some generic -current name, would be the expected value. I've poked around on the server but didn't see any likely candidate directory for the dist files. What am I missing? What do I try next? stu On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, stuart nichols wrote: > > > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Will Andrews wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 30, 2004 at 04:39:08PM +0200, Matt Douhan wrote: > > [..(Matt kindly forwarded this message to me)..] > > > Subject: Re: Still can't get -current, was Re: getting -current??? > > > Date: Friday 30 July 2004 16.37 > > > From: K Chapman > > > To: stuart nichols > > > Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org > > > > > The installer sets its release name to 5.2-CURRENT, > > > > which is not found on any server I tried. I am not sure what > > > > path it checks for these files. > > > That's a red flag. The installer shouldn't be doing that. I > > really wish I had an AMD64 box to work with. :-( > > Thanks for responding. I appreciate it. I do have one to play with :) > I'll help you out with testing to the extent that I can. The test box > that I put together isn't designated for any project other than testing at > this time. > > > [Not subscribed to freebsd-amd64@, please cc: me] > > I'm sending this message directly to you, rather than to the list. I'll > post the results later. > > > > > to /snapshots/amd64/5.2-CURRENT-20040727-SESNAP but > > > > that didn't work. I > > > Define "didn't work"? I really need more details here to even > > guess what the problem is & thus investigate. > > The installer couldn't find the files it wanted on > snapshots.se.freebsd.org. It would tell me that it couldn't find the > files and ask what I wanted to do about that, such as change media. > > It looks like the 0730 build succeeded, so I'm burning the 0730 iso right > now. I'll let you know what happens with 0730, since it seems to make > more sense to work with the current build. > > stu > > stuart nichols > CAPnet Network Operatations > 512.463.7601 >