Leroy, You can use any mirror as long as the mirror contains the patches for your version and architecture, mirrors should have identical content (once they are all synced ) ... you can change PKG_PATH at anytime (except when installing something )
I hope this helps On 22 February 2018 at 20:41, leroy jordan <leroy.j.jor...@gmail.com> wrote: > So what can you do if the installurl file dose not mach the mirror site > that you downloaded the iso from. In my case I download it from New York > however I have Sonic which is San Francisco. > > On Feb 22, 2018 7:36 AM, "Marcus MERIGHI" <mcmer-open...@tor.at> wrote: > >> t...@equalit.ie (tomr), 2018.02.22 (Thu) 12:35 (CET): >> > On 02/21/18 04:39, Kevin Chadwick wrote: >> > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 19:23:05 +0200 >> > > >> > > >> > >> Isn't the same true when I download file sets from any mirror? After >> > >> all I download SHA256.sig abd file sets from mirror, how can I trust >> > >> it? >> > > >> > > I am not a developer but my take is that they do not want to tell you >> it >> > > is verified if you have been given a CD etc.. Anything could have been >> > > booted and tell you it is verified. >> > > >> > > You can verify the .iso manually and you can use e.g. isomaster to add >> > > sha256.sig to the CD in which case it will verify them. I have used >> > > this in the past as a scratched rw seemingly fails sooner on verify >> than >> > > reading and also won't try to upgrade. >> > > >> > > If you have already manually verified bsd.rd and booted from that as I >> > > and I guess most developers do most often when upgrading then you do >> > > want it to tell you the http retrieval verified. >> > > >> > > I guess it was the simplest way considering installer size >> > > constraints/battles to avoid misinforming the user. >> > > >> > >> > I have a little snapshot upgrade script which: >> > >> > - downloads snapshots/amd64/SHA256.sig from a mirror >> > - compares that against my latest local copy, exits if they are the same >> > (ie no new snapshot) >> > - TODO: grabs SHA256.sig from ftp.openbsd.org and compares, exits if the >> > mirror is not in sync >> > - downloads snapshots/amd64/installXX.fs from the mirror >> > - verifies installXX.fs with signify >> > - vnd mounts installXX.fs and copies the files to where I expect them >> > for upgrade >> > - copies the (now verified) SHA256.sig into place >> > - copies the latest bsd.rd to / so I can boot from it >> > - informs me that a new snapshot is ready to install >> > >> > It's not cron'ed, I just run it when I feel like maybe upgrading. >> > >> > Somewhere on the todo list is to figure out how to build a custom bsd.rd >> > containing auto_upgrade.conf so that it's more or less automatic (works >> > great for local VMs, but I don't always control the upstream DHCP server >> > and anyway iwm firmware isn't ready at that point in the installer). >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Information for inst:upobsd-0.0.20180106 >> >> Comment: >> download, verify and patch bsd.rd image >> >> Description: >> upobsd is a ksh(1) script designed to download, verify and optionally patch >> bsd.rd image. >> >> upobsd will download bsd.rd image using ftp(1) from mirror defined in >> installurl(5), will verify the downloaded file using signify(1) and local >> key >> inside /etc/signify to ensure integrity, and optionally patch the image for >> adding auto_install.conf or auto_upgrade.conf file to add support of >> offline >> autoinstall(8). >> >> Maintainer: Sebastien Marie <sema...@online.fr> >> >> WWW: https://bitbucket.org/semarie/upobsd >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> Marcus >> >> -- Kindest regards, Tom Smyth Mobile: +353 87 6193172 The information contained in this E-mail is intended only for the confidential use of the named recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering it to the recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone at the number above and erase the message You are requested to carry out your own virus check before opening any attachment.
