From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 21 20:11:01 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55B56CA for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tnelson@rockbochs.com) Received: from zmail.rockbochs.com (zmail.rockbochs.com [208.65.104.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330E1AB2 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by zmail.rockbochs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6942C20583C5 for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:58 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zmail.rockbochs.com Received: from zmail.rockbochs.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zmail.rockbochs.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1IFR1oYvQbac for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from zmail.rockbochs.com (zmail.rockbochs.com [208.65.104.56]) by zmail.rockbochs.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA61720580FE for ; Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:57 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 15:10:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Tim Nelson To: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <7835579.108022.1369167057732.JavaMail.root@rockbochs.com> In-Reply-To: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D7201F546F7@ltcfiswmsgmb26> Subject: Re: Installing 8.1-RELEASE - Problems via FTP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Originating-IP: [172.16.23.44] X-Mailer: Zimbra 7.2.0_GA_2669 (ZimbraWebClient - FF3.0 (Win)/7.2.0_GA_2669) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 20:11:01 -0000 ----- 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//" (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