From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 11 04:27:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DCA16A4CE for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 04:27:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from av7-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (av7-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.109]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6838043D55 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 04:27:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ertr1013@student.uu.se) Received: by av7-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 44F2B37E45; Tue, 11 May 2004 13:27:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from smtp2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (smtp2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net [81.228.8.178]) by av7-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30F6137E44 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 13:27:55 +0200 (CEST) Received: from falcon.midgard.homeip.net (h201n1fls24o1048.bredband.comhem.se [212.181.162.201]) by smtp2-2-sn2.hy.skanova.net (Postfix) with SMTP id AEEAE37E46 for ; Tue, 11 May 2004 13:27:54 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 23822 invoked by uid 1001); 11 May 2004 11:27:54 -0000 Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 13:27:53 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson To: Roop Nanuwa Message-ID: <20040511112753.GA21471@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> Mail-Followup-To: Roop Nanuwa , "romeo@despammed.com" , questions@freebsd.org References: <200405110538.i4B5c9k10406@mailout.despammed.com> <75f3f7050405110357508c8caf@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <75f3f7050405110357508c8caf@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: questions@freebsd.org cc: "romeo@despammed.com" Subject: Re: Boot Floppy Images X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:27:57 -0000 On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 03:57:21AM -0700, Roop Nanuwa wrote: > On Tue, 11 May 2004 00:38:09 -0500 (CDT), romeo@despammed.com > wrote: > > > > I tried to install 4.1.1 using the 4.9 boot images. Is this possible, can I use a > > different version of the boot images or are they always the same binary images? > > Bye. > > You should be able to, in theory at least. Once you get into the setup menu > go to options and change the release from 4.9 to 4.1.1-RELEASE and when > you go to install it should pull the 4.1.1 down instead. The main problem > you'll find is a finding a FTP mirror that still has the 4.1.1 > binaries sitting around. > I can't even guess if such a beast exists. Finding old releases is no problem Use http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org to find a FTP mirror carrying a given release. -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se