Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 14:56:35 -0700 From: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu> To: Andy Reitz <reitz@eecs.cwru.edu> Cc: Johan Nilsson <johan.h.nilsson@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp install / base not found Message-ID: <20060511215634.GA55038@malcolm.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111704150.20727@bender> References: <20060511153720.GB42786@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111436090.20727@bender> <c11d0ffd0605111340q7ad979c3ya4bb4291799c8aaf@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111704150.20727@bender>
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On May 11 at 17:06, "Andy Reitz" wrote: > On Thu, 11 May 2006, Johan Nilsson wrote: > > > But can you do a ftp-install from an archived version? If, how? > > Johan, > > While I have never tried this, sysinstall appears to support entering > non-standard FTP URLs. After you choose the FTP option, you can choose the > FTP server. The second option in this list is 'URL', which allows you to > type in any FTP site -- and as I presume, the ftp-archive site will work > if entered here. I will give this a try tomorrow. Thanks to you both for your help, you are both FreeBSD Olympic Champions. One unresolved question remains: Does the "any" suggestion have any effect? Has anybody ever used it successfully? Mike
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