Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 07:49:27 -0300 (ADT) From: Bryan Bursey <bbmail@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> To: Roy Lyons <rlyons@mediaone.net> Cc: -Stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall 4.1-stable Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008060747520.14760-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca> In-Reply-To: <398D3DB0.9C434BFC@mediaone.net>
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Hi. You'll want to go to 'Options' in sysinstall and change the release name to 4.1-RELEASE. IIRC, the ftp servers won't have 4.1-STABLE listed (except maybe as a symlink). Hope that helps. Regards, Bryan On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Roy Lyons wrote: > alright, heres an oddity. I wanted to peruse the ports in sysinstall > cause I am lazy and it gives me a description of each port as I put the > cursor over it. However, with every possible ftp mirror site and with > the primary site, I get the following: > > > +---------------- User Confirmation Requested ----------------+ > ¦ Warning: Can't CD to `4.1-STABLE' distribution on this ¦ > ¦ FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for ¦ > ¦ the release you're trying to fetch or go to the Options ¦ > ¦ menu and to set the release name to explicitly match what's ¦ > ¦ available on ftp2.freebsd.org (or set to "none"). ¦ > ¦ ¦ > ¦ Would you like to select another FTP server? ¦ > +-------------------------------------------------------------¦ > ¦ [ Yes ] No ¦ > +-------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Anyone know what might be going on here? is it the ftp server, or is it > my sysinstall wanking? Thanks > > Roy R. Lyons > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the messagehelp
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