Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:20:17 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: P.Gevros@cs.ucl.ac.uk, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation Options -RELEASE -STABLE Message-ID: <39466D51.A9BDDEBC@wmptl.com> References: <1424.960906285@cs.ucl.ac.uk> <20000613092724.J18462@fw.wintelcom.net> <3946685F.12F8D2F@wmptl.com> <20000613100257.M18462@fw.wintelcom.net>
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Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > * Nathan Vidican <webmaster@wmptl.com> [000613 10:00] wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > That would be for 4.0-STABLE, this person has asked where to find > > 3.4-STABLE, read their message above. > > If he want's a _real_ -stable then he'll get 4.0. > > -Alfred > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I'm not trying to start an argument here, I would have answered the question had I known the answer to it. Yes - I know 4.0-STABLE is found at releng4.freebsd.org; I'm running it on a few dozen machines now myself. Nonetheless though, the origional question was asking for 3.4-STABLE, the whereabouts of which I do not know. Maybe it should be explained to the origional person who posted the message that he should use 4.0-STABLE, rather than be told "You need to download floppies from ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/", when the origional request was for 3.4-STABLE. Personally I don't even know if 3.4-STABLE exists out there for download anymore, maybe someone else who's reading this does? My point was that you gave an answer to a different question than that which was asked; and you should have included at least somewhat of a reason as to why. I've cc'd the origional poster of this message, so that maybe he will understand that he can get 4.0-STABLE from ftp://releng4.freebsd.org, and that 3.4-STABLE (if it still exists for download), will not be found there. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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