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Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:35:13 GMT
From: koonat meelar <koonat@gmail.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Your installer with FTP has a horrible retarded logic flaw
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>Number:         88586
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       [sysinstall] installer with FTP has a horrible retarded logic flaw
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-qa
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 07 09:40:16 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:    Mon Nov 07 23:03:50 GMT 2005
>Last-Modified:  Mon Nov 07 23:03:50 GMT 2005
>Originator:     koonat meelar
>Release:        6.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
It's the installer.              
>Description:
Installing from FTP.

"Unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media."

And it of course explains that it may be because the FTP mirror doesn't have
the packages. Now, why in the hell ftp1.freebsd.org doesn't have the Xorg
binaries I need is a mystery to me too, but I figure you know what you're doing.

The problem is that it doesn't give me any opportunity to CHANGE the ftp
server, instead locking me in a loop of slow "unable to get..." dialogs.


>How-To-Repeat:
Install FreeBSD 6.0 via FTP, try getting the Xorg Xserv and others.


>Fix:
Seriously guys, this is pathetic and sad. Back to linux.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: linimon 
State-Changed-When: Mon Nov 7 22:59:48 GMT 2005 
State-Changed-Why:  
This is a support question, which should be asked on freebsd-questions. 
The way to get sysinstall to change the ftp location is to go to 
Options/Media Type/FTP/<select server>. 


Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-qa 
Responsible-Changed-By: linimon 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Nov 7 22:59:48 GMT 2005 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=88586 
>Unformatted:
