How to get FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE?

Erik Trulsson ertr1013 at student.uu.se
Wed Jun 18 12:37:21 PDT 2003


On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 02:12:18PM -0400, Chris Shenton wrote:
> I've been asked to install a specific version of RealServer on
> FreeBSD, and this version requires FreeBSD-3.0.  I usually pull down
> the floppies and then install from the net.
> 
> I can't find floppies for anything older then 4.7.  I expect I can use
> modern install floppies and use the "options" to specify 3.0-RELEASE
> instead of what's default on the floppy, but then it undoubtedly be
> unable to find the actual distribution to download and install.

It is out there.  Look at http://www.freebsdmirrors.org to find just
about any release you want.  (Most mirrors don't carry the older
releases, but some do.)

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Erik Trulsson
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