From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 17 20:45:46 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 4669516A403 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:45:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjklist2@ekahuna.com) Received: from empty1.ekahuna.com (empty1.ekahuna.com [198.144.200.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1F6F913C455 for ; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:45:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pjklist2@ekahuna.com) Received: from pc-17 (dyn205.ekahuna.com [198.144.200.205]) by empty1.ekahuna.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-0U10L2S100V35) with ESMTP id com; Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:45:45 -0700 From: "Philip J. Koenig" Organization: The Electric Kahuna Organization To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 13:45:44 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Priority: normal In-reply-to: <46251350.7080009@calarts.edu> References: <20070417164314.GA2664@xor.obsecurity.org> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.12a) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Message-ID: <20070417204545236.AAA301@empty1.ekahuna.com@dyn205.ekahuna.com> Cc: Sean Murphy Subject: Re: Is FTP install broken? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pjklist@ekahuna.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:45:46 -0000 On 17 Apr 2007 at 11:34, Sean Murphy boldly uttered: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:51:19AM -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > I'm trying to install the 200703 snapshot of 6.2-STABLE, and no > matter what server I select, no matter what variant I try of various > length paths specified in a custom URL to a server that I *know* has > the files (ftp.freebsd.org), I get the following message: > > 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"). > > Would you like to select another FTP server? > > > 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. > During the choice for the ftp server selection there are two servers > close to the top of the list that are named "snapshot.se.freebsd.org" > and "snapshot.jp.freebsd.org" you might want to try those. Tried both before I posted my message here. I got the "can't find" message on both of them. Re: Kris's assertion, I guess I could have lived with that if it weren't for the fact that the installer doesn't give you any clue of this. Thought I was going to avoid the time to download and burn a couple of CD's, and now it's sucked up way more of my time than making those CD's ever would have... Thanks for the answers/input. -- Philip J. Koenig pjklist@ekahuna.com Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium