From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 16:43:15 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BBA016A404 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787B813C46A for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:43:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C69DD1A4D82; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:43:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7112C513AD; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:43:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:43:14 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Philip J. Koenig" Message-ID: <20070417164314.GA2664@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20070417115120883.AAA300@empty1.ekahuna.com@dyn205.ekahuna.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070417115120883.AAA300@empty1.ekahuna.com@dyn205.ekahuna.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is FTP install broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:43:15 -0000 --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:51:19AM -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote: >=20 > For probably the 2nd time in history for me, I am trying an FTP=20 > install. It's been a good while since I've done a FBSD install, and=20 > I assumed things had gotten more polished since 4.x.. >=20 > I'm trying to install the 200703 snapshot of 6.2-STABLE, and no=20 > matter what server I select, no matter what variant I try of various=20 > length paths specified in a custom URL to a server that I *know* has=20 > the files (ftp.freebsd.org), I get the following message: >=20 > Warning: Can't find the '6.2-STABLE-200703' distribution on this > FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for > the release you are trying to fetch or go to the Options > menu and to (sic) set the release name to explicitly match what's > available on ftp.freebsd.org (or set to "any"). > =20 > Would you like to select another FTP server? >=20 >=20 > I am booting from the 200703 snapshot i386 bootdisk-only ISO image. I don't think FTP installs are possible for snapshots, i.e. only the ISO images are provided. Kris --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGJPkhWry0BWjoQKURAhdiAKDC9qcXMppYF6Wn6xhQClC9MYXsRgCgh9jW +UDW0erxbguU+Q6W66bUTZ8= =WK6J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Kj7319i9nmIyA2yE--