Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:40:02 GMT From: Byron Young <bkyoung74q9@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error Message-ID: <200801242240.m0OMe2Ja085585@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: Byron Young <bkyoung74q9@yahoo.com>
To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:03:29 -0800 (PST)
On the install machine, use
<ip address or
fqdn>/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE
as the custom ftp URL, leaving the OPTIONS setting to
RELEASE: 6.3-RELEASE, user ftp, and password
install@machine.whatever. This should map to
/var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/6.3-RELEASE on the local
ftp server?
The symbolic link is added to
/var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE
A mirror of ftp.freebsd.org will set this correctly. A
copy from CDROM/iso will not have the link.
-Byron-
--- Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Byron Young wrote:
>
> > After creating a local 6.3-RELEASE using the
> attached script, to avoid a "cannot find
> packages/INDEX" error during install, a symbolic
> 'packages -> ../packages' link must be added to
> 6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE.
> >
> >> How-To-Repeat:
> > Attempt a 6.3-RELEASE install using custom FTP
> URL.
> >> Fix:
> > Add a packages->../packages symbolic link.
>
> This doesn't make much sense to me. Why are you
> trying to install from
>
/var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE
> not
> /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE?
>
> Kris
>
>
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