On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Polytropon <free...@edvax.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:18:41 +0100, Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Before 9.0 I used to use sysinstall to download sources for several > > distributions including kernel and libraries. However, this doesn't seem > to > > work anymore. Whatever source distribution I try to download I get the > > error that it doesn't exist in the server. > > > > The handbook[1] still says sysinstall can be used to do the job. Is it > > right? If so, what could be my mistake. > > The easiest way to get the RELEASE sources is to download > them using FTP: > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/src.txz > > (and for amd64 architecture respectively) > > Leaving the discussion "old vs. new installer" aside, this > method should always work. > Thanks for the URL. Should I file a PR about the handbook issue? > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"