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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The following reply was made to PR amd64/119949; it has been noted by GNATS. 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 > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
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