From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 15:55:26 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E365C16A649 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 15:55:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mhunter@malcolm.berkeley.edu) Received: from malcolm.berkeley.edu (malcolm.Berkeley.EDU [128.32.206.239]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04148445D8 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 15:37:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mhunter@malcolm.berkeley.edu) Received: from malcolm.berkeley.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by malcolm.berkeley.edu (8.13.6/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k4BFbKYO043471 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 08:37:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mhunter@malcolm.berkeley.edu) Received: (from mhunter@localhost) by malcolm.berkeley.edu (8.13.6/8.13.3/Submit) id k4BFbKtY043470 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 11 May 2006 08:37:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mhunter) Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:37:20 -0700 From: Mike Hunter To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060511153720.GB42786@malcolm.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (malcolm.berkeley.edu [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 11 May 2006 08:37:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: ftp install / base not found X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 15:55:34 -0000 Dear FreeBSD Questions, I have a not-so-new laptop that I tried to install FBSD on yesterday. This laptop can only be made to boot from floppies (usb boot doesn't work, no cdrom) and I happen to have some 5.3-RELEASE boot floppies laying around. I am successfully able to get into the installer, format the disk, create new FS's, DHCP, select the "Minimal" distribution and try the FTP install. But, no matter what I do, the ftp servers never have the distribution. I tried several, including ftp.freebsd.org. I have had this problem repeatedly over the years, always with older distributions. The error message says that I can go to the Options menu and change my distribution to "any", but that never works either. What's the story? Do older bases get removed from the ftp servers, or is there a different string I should be using in options (I tried 5.3-STABLE), or am I missing something? Please don't make me create new boot floopies! :) Signed, befuddled @ Berkeley