----- Original Message ----- > > On May 21, 2013, at 9:39 AM, Tim Nelson wrote: > > > Greetings- > > > > I have need to install FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 to build some > > packages. My usual method of installation is via the > > *-bootonly.iso, pulling the install from FTP. However, it appears > > since 8.1-RELEASE is old and deprecated, none of the mirrors have > > the files available anymore to use during the installer. > > > > Poppycock… > > BEFORE you get to the sysinstall media selection dialog, make a > detour into the "Options", use arrow-up/down to highlight "Release > Name", press SPACEBAR, and change from X.Y-RELEASE to "any" (without > quotes; also acceptable would be "__RELEASE" without quotes). > > NOTE: This will tell sysinstall to *not* try and auto-detect the > release directory path on the FTP server but instead use the exact > path that you give it. > > When you get to the media selection dialog, use FTP-Passive with the > following URL: > > > ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/8.1-RELEASE/ > > That should work. The "any" (or "__RELEASE") release-name tells it to > not try things like "pub/FreeBSD/releases/<arch>/<relName>" (which > obviously doesn't exist, given extra "-Archive" and "old-" prefixes > in some of the path directory elements). > >
This worked perfectly, no problems. Thanks for the help! --Tim _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
