From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 01:44:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1F0B1065673 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 01:44:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net) Received: from Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net (Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net [64.251.15.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E1308FC08 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2008 01:44:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net) Received: from phideaux.rawfeddogs.net ([64.251.15.37]) by Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1L9re0-000HGI-AX for Questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:44:13 -0600 Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:44:09 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Monceaux X-X-Sender: dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Sender: dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net Cc: Subject: ISO Images/Releases/FTP Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:44:15 -0000 FreeBSD Fans, I'm experiencing irritation. Would someone have a long talk with whoever is responsible for the ISO images, release names, and/or the FTP servers, depending on where the root if this irritation lies? I've installed FreeBSD briefly a couple of times on my home desktop box. Recently I've been taking an install on vmware from the 7.1-BETA2 ISO, bootonly - installed via FTP, for a spin to jog my memory a bit in preparation to perform another install. All worked well under vmware. I didn't try zfs as I figured I'd just wait for the real install for that. After getting home from work today I started the install process. This is roughly how it went. I booted the 7.1-BETA2 ISO and wiped out my Gentoo installation. I sliced/partitioned my hard drives. I then fired up a fixit shell to go through the root on UFS plus everything else on ZFS procedures I had used the last time around. I tried to load zfs.ko and kldload said it didn't exist. ls verified that it did indeed exist, but kldload refused to load it. At this point I had wiped out the Gentoo install on the only functional PC I have in the house. Well, there's a Pentium MMX 200Mhz box in the closet with an ooooooooold Mandrake install on it but it's power supply fan tries to be difficult most of the time. After grumbling for a few moments I pulled out a 7.0-STABLE-200807 livefs CD I had and tried using it for the fixit shell. It complained about the versions not matching, but started the fixit shell and I was able to load zfs.ko and create my zfs pool and filesystems. I try to start the install, pick a ZFS server and it complains that it can't find release 7.1-BETA2 on the FTP server. I went blank on release naming schemes. I tried several things to no avail. So, I finally decide to start over and install from the 7.0-STABLE-200807 ISO I have handy. I get to the same point and it complains that it can't find release 7.0-STABLE-200807 on the FTP server. Fortunately after a few tries I was able to do a better job of jogging my poor memory and made the installer happy using 7.0-RELEASE as the release name. Would someone please: A. Keep the releases available on the FTP servers for a reasonable amount of time. and/or B. Add functionality to the installer to list the available releases if it can't find the release it's looking for. Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!!