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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:59:11 -0400
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To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
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Subject: Re: installation Options -RELEASE -STABLE
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Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> 
> * Panos GEVROS <P.Gevros@cs.ucl.ac.uk> [000613 07:26] wrote:
> > i'm trying to install FreeBSD-3.4-STABLE by specifying "-STABLE" in the
> > Options instead of "-RELEASE"
> > i have tried several sites (including Primary) and the installation complains
> > that several distributions "bin man ...." was not installed because they are
> > not available in the installation media i have chosen, in practice it doesn't
> > install anything
> >
> > i thought one can install STABLE without having to go into RELEASE first and
> > then do it from source, is this true? if yes any possible reasons for this
> > behavior?
> 
> You need to download floppies from ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/
> 
> -Alfred
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That would be for 4.0-STABLE, this person has asked where to find
3.4-STABLE, read their message above.
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