Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:44:19 -0700 From: "Mark Carlson" <carlsonmark@gmail.com> To: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Infinite loop in menus in sysinstall Message-ID: <bab706780711190944x4136f238gc0d509e8dcfd3797@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0711171344u383c0cbbwcb6b00f81c84a08e@mail.gmail.com> References: <47d0403c0711171344u383c0cbbwcb6b00f81c84a08e@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/17/07, Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I finally broke down and pulled out the 7.0-beta2 iso for my dell inspiron 8500, > but when I was at the part of the installation procedure to install the ports > collection, it comes up with the message: > > Unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media. > > This may be because the packages collection is not available > on the distribution media you've chose, most likely an FTP site > without the packages collection mirrored. Please verify that > your media, or your path to the media, is correct and try again. > > [OK] > > > It is true that I am installing over ftp from ftp5.freebsd.org (which > is only about > five blocks away in the real world!), and it certainly seems to not have > a 7-INDEX floating around, but that's not the main issue. > > When I select ``OK'', it seems to try again, and pops up the same message. > It would be nice to have an option to back up in the menus and change > something; at the moment, I broke to vt4 and installed the perl5.8 port > so that I can build my own index file, but I don't know if this will break me > out of my menu loop. > > No time to investigate and patch at the moment, as I'm trying to > get the ppc beta iso to boot on the machine I'm typing this on, > as I said I would test a couple things (I said this several months > ago, and only rebooted once since then). > > Anyone else see this behavior? Yes, in i386 5.x (5.0? 5.2? I forget which,) several years ago. I noticed it when I didn't have my router set up properly, so doing an install over FTP wouldn't work. The only way I could find to get out of the loop was to restart the system, or fix the network. -Mark C.
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