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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 2025 11:53:59 +0100
From:      Thomas Schweikle <tschweikle@gmail.com>
To:        Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: What happened to 16?
Message-ID:  <CA%2BrGx5d15sk8WKLQQhWiAssZSUhd-oisL668A=_BBWNt61bVEQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Hmmm. If I click on this link send by me, I'll get a list of what is
available. Clicking on one entry starts downloading.

$ dig download.freebsd.org

; <<>> DiG 9.20.11-1ubuntu2.1-Ubuntu <<>> download.freebsd.org
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29834
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;download.freebsd.org.          IN      A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
download.freebsd.org.   2391    IN      CNAME   download.geo.freebsd.org.
download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.65.242
download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.1.242
download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.193.242
download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.129.242

;; Query time: 157 msec
;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
;; WHEN: Mon Dec 08 11:52:52 CET 2025
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140

What do you receive if digging about the address of download.freebsd.org?


On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:

> On 2025-12-08 02:33, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
> > You looked for 16-stable?
> No. It's a releng. :-)
>
> > Does not exist. It is CURRENT without 16. You'll
> > find it at:
> >
> > https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/
> Nope. As I indicated below. All those references return 404.
> 16 no longer exists on the FreeBSD servers. :O
>
>
> Thank you for taking the time to respond. :-)
>
> >
> > looking for ISO-Images.
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I just got a new laptop and tried to boot 13.5,14 and 15
> >> but it hangs at the video -- something about loosing contact
> >> with sc. So I went to get a copy of 16. But download.freebsd.org
> >> doesn't know where it is. All the links to it from FreeBSD.org
> >> return 404.
> >>
> >> So where is it?
> >>
> >> Thanks! :-)
> >>
>
> --Chris
>
> --
> There is no such place as the internet



-- 
Thomas

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<div dir="ltr">Hmmm. If I click on this link send by me, I&#39;ll get a list of what is available. Clicking on one entry starts downloading.<div><br></div><div>$ dig <a href="http://download.freebsd.org">download.freebsd.org</a><br><br>; &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.20.11-1ubuntu2.1-Ubuntu &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; <a href="http://download.freebsd.org">download.freebsd.org</a><br>;; global options: +cmd<br>;; Got answer:<br>;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&lt;&lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29834<br>;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1<br><br>;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:<br>; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494<br>;; QUESTION SECTION:<br>;<a href="http://download.freebsd.org">download.freebsd.org</a>.          IN      A<br><br>;; ANSWER SECTION:<br><a href="http://download.freebsd.org">download.freebsd.org</a>.   2391    IN      CNAME   <a href="http://download.geo.freebsd.org">download.geo.freebsd.org</a>.<br><a href="http://download.geo.freebsd.org">download.geo.freebsd.org</a>. 150   IN      A       151.101.65.242<br><a href="http://download.geo.freebsd.org">download.geo.freebsd.org</a>. 150   IN      A       151.101.1.242<br><a href="http://download.geo.freebsd.org">download.geo.freebsd.org</a>. 150   IN      A       151.101.193.242<br><a href="http://download.geo.freebsd.org">download.geo.freebsd.org</a>. 150   IN      A       151.101.129.242<br><br>;; Query time: 157 msec<br>;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)<br>;; WHEN: Mon Dec 08 11:52:52 CET 2025<br>;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140<br></div><div><br></div><div>What do you receive if digging about the address of <a href="http://download.freebsd.org">download.freebsd.org</a>?</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM Chris &lt;<a href="mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com">bsd-lists@bsdforge.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 2025-12-08 02:33, Thomas Schweikle wrote:<br>
&gt; You looked for 16-stable?<br>
No. It&#39;s a releng. :-)<br>
<br>
&gt; Does not exist. It is CURRENT without 16. You&#39;ll<br>
&gt; find it at:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <a href="https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/</a><br>;
Nope. As I indicated below. All those references return 404.<br>
16 no longer exists on the FreeBSD servers. :O<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you for taking the time to respond. :-)<br>
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; looking for ISO-Images.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM Chris &lt;<a href="mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com" target="_blank">bsd-lists@bsdforge.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; I just got a new laptop and tried to boot 13.5,14 and 15<br>
&gt;&gt; but it hangs at the video -- something about loosing contact<br>
&gt;&gt; with sc. So I went to get a copy of 16. But <a href="http://download.freebsd.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">download.freebsd.org</a><br>
&gt;&gt; doesn&#39;t know where it is. All the links to it from FreeBSD.org<br>
&gt;&gt; return 404.<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; So where is it?<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
&gt;&gt; Thanks! :-)<br>
&gt;&gt; <br>
<br>
--Chris<br>
<br>
-- <br>
There is no such place as the internet</blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Thomas</div></div>
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