On 17 Apr 2007 at 11:34, Sean Murphy boldly uttered: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:51:19AM -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote: > > I'm trying to install the 200703 snapshot of 6.2-STABLE, and no > matter what server I select, no matter what variant I try of various > length paths specified in a custom URL to a server that I *know* has > the files (ftp.freebsd.org), I get the following message: > > Warning: Can't find the '6.2-STABLE-200703' 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 (sic) set the release name to explicitly match what's > available on ftp.freebsd.org (or set to "any"). > > Would you like to select another FTP server? > > > I am booting from the 200703 snapshot i386 bootdisk-only ISO image. > > > I don't think FTP installs are possible for snapshots, i.e. only the > ISO images are provided. > During the choice for the ftp server selection there are two servers > close to the top of the list that are named "snapshot.se.freebsd.org" > and "snapshot.jp.freebsd.org" you might want to try those.
Tried both before I posted my message here. I got the "can't find" message on both of them. Re: Kris's assertion, I guess I could have lived with that if it weren't for the fact that the installer doesn't give you any clue of this. Thought I was going to avoid the time to download and burn a couple of CD's, and now it's sucked up way more of my time than making those CD's ever would have... Thanks for the answers/input. -- Philip J. Koenig [EMAIL PROTECTED] Electric Kahuna Systems -- Computers & Communications for the New Millenium _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
