Re: What happened to 16?

On 2025-12-08 02:53, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
> Hmmm. If I click on this link send by me, I'll get a list of what is
> available. Clicking on one entry starts downloading.
Hmm. I hadn't thought that it might be a regional thing. Odd tho, as the
mirroring outfit is a Seattle based firm and I'm not 30 some miles from
Seattle. I guess I'll just have to wait. Appreciate your confirmation, 
Thomas.

> 
> $ dig download.freebsd.org
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.20.11-1ubuntu2.1-Ubuntu <<>> download.freebsd.org
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29834
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
> 
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;download.freebsd.org.          IN      A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> download.freebsd.org.   2391    IN      CNAME   download.geo.freebsd.org.
> download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.65.242
> download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.1.242
> download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.193.242
> download.geo.freebsd.org. 150   IN      A       151.101.129.242
> 
> ;; Query time: 157 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
> ;; WHEN: Mon Dec 08 11:52:52 CET 2025
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140
> 
> What do you receive if digging about the address of download.freebsd.org?
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 2025-12-08 02:33, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
>> > You looked for 16-stable?
>> No. It's a releng. :-)
>> 
>> > Does not exist. It is CURRENT without 16. You'll
>> > find it at:
>> >
>> > https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/
>> Nope. As I indicated below. All those references return 404.
>> 16 no longer exists on the FreeBSD servers. :O
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you for taking the time to respond. :-)
>> 
>> >
>> > looking for ISO-Images.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I just got a new laptop and tried to boot 13.5,14 and 15
>> >> but it hangs at the video -- something about loosing contact
>> >> with sc. So I went to get a copy of 16. But download.freebsd.org
>> >> doesn't know where it is. All the links to it from FreeBSD.org
>> >> return 404.
>> >>
>> >> So where is it?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks! :-)
>> >>

--Chris

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