On Thu, Nov 06, 2014 at 08:40:39AM -0800, scott wrote: > Hello all, > > I've tried unsuccessfully over the last two releases to upgrade my desktop > using bsd.rd/http set retrieval. > > What I've done: > > cd / > cp bsd.rd bsd.old.rd > ftp http://ftp5.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.6/i386/bsd.rd # yes, my arch is > i386 > > reboot > > boot>boot bsd.rd > > Then I begin the upgrade process, and when I get to set selection I follow > the same procedure as shown in: > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#InstMedia (FAQ 4.5.4), coincidentally > having the same mirror being > closest to me. > > At this point, I get the "couldn't find sets" error (sorry, I don't remember > the exact verbiage). The versions > looked for were correct, base56.tgz, for example. I tried a few other > mirrors, all with the same result. > > I'd appreciate any help :) > > -Scott >
When you boot bsd.rd, are there any network interfaces configured? What do you see when you run ifconfig after booting the bsd.rd kernel? Something like this happened to me when I configured a trunk interface to access the internet. Since bsd.rd doesn't (didn't?) do trunk, I had to configure a network interface before I could download any sets.
