Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 22:16:23 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install error for version 6.1: Cannot get packages/index Message-ID: <20060531201623.GB741@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200605311453.29325.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <20060531142715.BKF08801@ms1.nss.udel.edu> <200605311453.29325.jhb@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 02:53:29PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote.. > On Wednesday 31 May 2006 14:27, pwangee@udel.edu wrote: > > hi, > > > > My alpha machine is 433au with the freebsd 4.10. Now I want to reinstall the > latest version 6.1 in my machine from CD. When I install it, everything is > fine until the error message " can not get packetages/index ...". I really > don't know the reason. > > > > I tried to install it from FTP. It still does not work. Then, I check the > website of freebsd and find that the distribution of the alpha machine for > version 6.1 is empty. The distributions for other kinds of machines are > avalable. The distribution of alpha machine for version 5.5 is empty too. > > > > Anyone gives suggestions? Thanks > > FreeBSD no longer provides pre-built packages for Alpha. You'll need to > install 3rd party software using ports instead. This includes Xorg. I think > you should be able to install the system fine using the 6.1 CD so long as you > don't select the Xorg dists. The FTP install areas are indeed empty, I have to admit I did not bother to upload the ftp dists. Most people appeared to use the ISO images. Maybe I should upload a 6.1R ftp set though. That said, John is right about the pre-built packages. These were built on a farm of Alphas over in the USA. I typically got a huge tarball with the binary packages which I then had to integrate into the ISO images and ftp area. Keeping the package build serverfarm proved too much of a challenge for its keepers so that is no longer running. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org
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