Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Tim Nelson <tnelson@rockbochs.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Installing 8.1-RELEASE - Problems via FTP Message-ID: <7835579.108022.1369167057732.JavaMail.root@rockbochs.com> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F546F7@ltcfiswmsgmb26>
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----- Original Message ----- >=20 > On May 21, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Tim Nelson wrote: >=20 > > Greetings- > >=20 > > I have need to install FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 to build some > > packages. My usual method of installation is via the > > *-bootonly.iso, pulling the install from FTP. However, it appears > > since 8.1-RELEASE is old and deprecated, none of the mirrors have > > the files available anymore to use during the installer. > >=20 >=20 > Poppycock=E2=80=A6 >=20 > BEFORE you get to the sysinstall media selection dialog, make a > detour into the "Options", use arrow-up/down to highlight "Release > Name", press SPACEBAR, and change from X.Y-RELEASE to "any" (without > quotes; also acceptable would be "__RELEASE" without quotes). >=20 > NOTE: This will tell sysinstall to *not* try and auto-detect the > release directory path on the FTP server but instead use the exact > path that you give it. >=20 > When you get to the media selection dialog, use FTP-Passive with the > following URL: >=20 > =09ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/8.= 1-RELEASE/ >=20 > That should work. The "any" (or "__RELEASE") release-name tells it to > not try things like "pub/FreeBSD/releases/<arch>/<relName>" (which > obviously doesn't exist, given extra "-Archive" and "old-" prefixes > in some of the path directory elements). >=20 >=20 This worked perfectly, no problems. Thanks for the help! --Tim
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