Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:30:47 +0400 (MSD) From: Maxim Konovalov <maxim@macomnet.ru> To: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cannot install october snapshot from ftp server Message-ID: <20081019202911.P27079@mp2.macomnet.net> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0810190826x7d4f5d77n4464c066611a8b19@mail.gmail.com> References: <47d0403c0810190826x7d4f5d77n4464c066611a8b19@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008, 11:26-0400, Ben Kaduk wrote: > Hi all, > > I actually had trouble with September, too, but I didn't try terribly hard. > > As I understand it, only a couple of ftp servers have the actual > distribution data > for the snapshots, with current.freebsd.org (aliased to > snapshots.jp.freebsd.org) > being canonical; I assume that snapshots.se.freebsd.org would also be likely > to have them, from its name. > > However, as I went to install amd64 last night, I was getting "failed to log in" > messages from current.freebsd.org, and I think from snapshots.se.freebsd.org > as well (though my memory is not 100% certain). Certainly I failed to install > a system by this method, and resorted to downloading disc 1 and doing a > standard install from CD. > > I am moderately inclined to believe that I'm seeing server-side > problems, but I'm not sure. Are there other servers that would have > the distributions for the monthly snapshots? > There is snapshots/ directory practically on any FreeBSD ftp mirror. E.g. ftp://ftp2.ru.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots ftp://ftp2.ru.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/200810 -- Maxim Konovalov
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