From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 21 5:54:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (mail-2.sjc.telocity.net [216.227.56.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E71B37B4C5 for ; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 05:54:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zoso (dsl-216-227-91-85.telocity.com [216.227.91.85]) by mail-2.sjc.telocity.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id FAA14709; Sat, 21 Oct 2000 05:47:29 -0700 (PDT) From: "Otter" To: "j mckitrick" , Subject: RE: no access to packages at the ftp site? Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 08:55:15 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <20001021133506.A59526@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG }-----Original Message----- }From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of j mckitrick }Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 8:35 AM }To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG }Subject: no access to packages at the ftp site? } } }I got this error recently on the main ftp site: } }root:~# pkg_add -r gnucash }Error: FTP Unable to get }ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stabl }e/Latest/gnucash.tgz: }File unavailable (e.g., file not found, no access) }pkg_add: unable to fetch }`ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-stab }le/Latest/gnucash.tgz' }by URL }root:~# } }Also, using sysinstall, the INDEX was not found. Does }anyone know what }causus this? What is going wrong? } If you fire up /stand/sysinstall and click on Options. For your use (from what yoou stated above) you want the release name set to 4.1-STABLE. Space to select option, Q to save it as it says on the bottom of the page. Save it and then go to Configure; Packages to try an ftp mirror. -Otter }jcm }-- }"That depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is." }-President Bill Clinton } }"I don't know what you mean by the word 'ask.'" -CEO Bill Gates } } }To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org }with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message