ftp install / base not found

[Kevin Kinsey]

Mike Hunter wrote:
> 
> I was able to install 5.3-RELEASE using this as the specified URL:
> 
> ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/i386/5.3-RELEASE
> 

Good to know that!  This one goes in the "save" folder!


> What bothers me is this verbiage from sysinstall:
> 
> "Only the Primary sites are guaranteed to carry the full range of possible
> distributions."
> 
> I'm ok with having to use an archive ftp server for the crufty
> distribution I'm trying to install, but don't lie to me and say I don't
> have to!  *sniff*

Heh, now we have to define "possible"? ;-)

KDK


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