From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 7 11:55:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id LAA02429 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:55:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA02418 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:54:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id LAA08752; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:53:33 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Apr 1997 11:53:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "kitty@rainbow.pku.edu.cn" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install freebsd In-Reply-To: <3348AFA0.7BA8@rainbow.pku.edu.cn> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, kitty@rainbow.pku.edu.cn wrote: > I try to install freebsd 2.1.7.1 release via ppp. I can't do because I > was told that compat21 medium does not find. I check the directory > structure in ftp.freebsd.org/pub/freebsd/2.1.7release, I find directory > compat20. I can't find directory compat21. I don't know why. > Another question: what's the difference between 2.1.7 release and > 2.1.7.1 release? What's the difference between installing 2.1.7 and > installing 2.1.7.1 ? The releases seem to be a real dynamic animal right now, so compat21 may have disappeared. You don't need it if you're on the 2.1.x branch, so you can ignore the error. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major