Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:45:13 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Mike Hunter <mhunter@ack.berkeley.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp install / base not found Message-ID: <4464BB99.3020203@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20060512160733.GB75201@malcolm.berkeley.edu> References: <20060511153720.GB42786@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111436090.20727@bender> <c11d0ffd0605111340q7ad979c3ya4bb4291799c8aaf@mail.gmail.com> <Pine.SOL.4.53.0605111704150.20727@bender> <20060511215634.GA55038@malcolm.berkeley.edu> <20060512160733.GB75201@malcolm.berkeley.edu>
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Mike Hunter wrote: > > I was able to install 5.3-RELEASE using this as the specified URL: > > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/5.3-RELEASE > Good to know that! This one goes in the "save" folder! > What bothers me is this verbiage from sysinstall: > > "Only the Primary sites are guaranteed to carry the full range of possible > distributions." > > I'm ok with having to use an archive ftp server for the crufty > distribution I'm trying to install, but don't lie to me and say I don't > have to! *sniff* Heh, now we have to define "possible"? ;-) KDK -- A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions. -- George Eliot
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