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Date:      Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:56:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chris Tracy <ncrawler@telerama.com>
To:        stable@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Fresh 4.0-STABLE install - not possible anymore?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006021155520.13382-100000@gauntlet.telerama.com>

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When getting one of the snapshot releases from releng4.freebsd.org, you
need to specify the snapshot date string as well in the options screen,=20
not just 4.0-STABLE... (i.e., 4.0-20000602-STABLE...)

What I usually do is just go to:
ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386/[newest snapshot],
then go to the floppies directory and get the floppies for that
snapshot.  It will already have the correct setting in the options screen
for that snapshot.

:-)

-Chris Tracy
 (Telerama Internet -/- Network Administrator -/- www.telerama.com)

On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Morten Seeberg wrote:

> I didn=B4t look there manually (which someone pointed out to me), but I d=
id
> try choosing it on the installation floppies, and It just said that it
> couldnt go there. Maybe I typed the name wrong in OPTIONS, i tried
> 4.0-STABLE and 4.0-stable
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Panagiotis Astithas" <past@netmode.ntua.gr>
> To: <morten@seeberg.dk>
> Cc: <stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 2:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Fresh 4.0-STABLE install - not possible anymore?
>=20
>=20
> > On Fri, Jun 02, 2000 at 02:21:41PM +0200, morten@seeberg.dk wrote:
> > > Ehh, just a few months ago it was possible to download 4.0-STABLE
> snapshots from current.freebsd.org. But not anymore
> > >
> > > I then tried to boot the 4.0R floppies and changing 4.0-RELEASE to
> 4.0-STABLE in OPTIONS like I have done many times before, that didn=B4t h=
elp
> either. I wasn=B4t able to do a fresh install.
> > >
> > > Now I know that I can do a 4.0R install and CVSup, but that doesn=B4t=
 help
> if I have a problem with the 4.0R that halts my machine, and I=B4m pretty=
 sure
> this was resolved in 4.0-STABLE :)
> > > Also it was pretty nice to be able to download a 4.0-STABLE snapshot =
at
> work (nice T1 connection) and then take it home, where I only have 64Kbit=
=2E
> > >
> > > Can anyone explain if a fresh 4.0-STABLE install is at all possible, =
and
> if - how :)
> > > If not, why.
> > >
> > > /Morten
> > > Merkantildata Enterprise Solutions
> >
> > Did you try releng4.freebsd.org?
> >
> > -past
> >
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