Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:52:41 +0100 From: "Daniel A." <ldrada@gmail.com> To: "A. Clausen" <techlists@alberni.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Trying to Upgrade 5.2.1 to later version Message-ID: <5ceb5d550601311352t594582c5l2d9434481b0a69b1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43DFD9A5.9040801@alberni.net> References: <43DFD9A5.9040801@alberni.net>
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Yeah, the easiest workaround is like this: - Download ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.0/6.0-RELEAS= E-i386-bootonly.iso - Burn it to a CD - Boot it - Make sure to select FTP as source. - Install =3D) On 1/31/06, A. Clausen <techlists@alberni.net> wrote: > I'm a complete newbie to FreeBSD (coming from Linux). I bought (for > cheap) a boxed set of FreeBSD 5.2.1, and am looking to upgrade it for > XOrg and the latest version of Postfix. When I try to use sysinstall, I > get the following error: > > Warning: Can't find the `5.2.1-RELEASE' 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 set the release name to explicitly match what's > available on ftp1.freebsd.org (or set to "any"). > > Now, I'm pretty sure that the problem here is the age of the release (I > guess two years old), but I was wondering if there was a workaround. > > -- > A. Clausen > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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