FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE 4.8-RELEASE 4-9-RC-2 4.9-RC2 4.9-RC3 floppy install problem.

[Kris Kennaway]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:38:25AM +0800, Evgeny Larionov wrote:
> I just try install some versions FreeBSD from floppy disks via FTP
> (HTTP-proxy). During instalation system unsuccessfully trying download
> necessary files from
> ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snaphots/i386/<release name>
> bacuase this directory (snapshots/i386) on primary and others
> ftp sites is empty. After setting URL manualy in
> ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386 system try download files
> from
> ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/i386
> How must installed from floppy via ftp ??

This suggests you are using the wrong boot disks.  Release boot disks
don't try to fetch from that URL.

Kris
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