Date: 03 Apr 2004 16:45:11 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Mickael Suzenne <m.suzenne@silog.fr> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: installing with "packages-4-stable" Message-ID: <44isgg20t4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <F206568E562CD345B253EE40EA6FCDF304C821@exch2000.silogcaen.fr> References: <F206568E562CD345B253EE40EA6FCDF304C821@exch2000.silogcaen.fr>
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Mickael Suzenne <m.suzenne@silog.fr> writes: > I'm currently installing a new server from scratch with the 4.9-RELEASE > CDROM. > However, I would rather have to install the base system from the CDROM and > all the rest from FTP. > > Ok, this would work very well (It's my 20th server I install by this way > :-), fine), but I would rather pick the packages from the "package-4-stable" > repository. Ok, that's right if I do "pkg_add -r > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/.../packages-4-stable/All/the_package.tgz" I will have > the right package and all its dependancies fetched from the right place. But > what if I (or an another sysadmin) do the install from sysinstall ? It would > fetch from 4.9-RELEASE ! > > Is there any solution for this ? Do the base system first, then run sysinstall, go to the options screen and set the "release name" to "4.9-STABLE".
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