5.3 FTP install

[Dave]

I haven't had installing a cvsup-without-gui package work from the installer
for months;  I'd recommend installing the ports collection with the rest
of the system packages and then build the cvsup-without-gui port after
you've rebooted.  They've toned down the m3 dependencies a bit...it still
takes a little while, but not the 3 days it used to take ;>  Besides, the
cvsup-without-gui port isn't updated all that often, so if you grab the
ports collection via ftp you'll probably have the latest Makefile for 
cvsup-without-gui.

On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 11:42:51PM +0000, Angus MacGyver wrote:
> Hi, 
> 
> I am having one major issue on the install of 5.3 on an Alpha164SX.
> 
> I downloaded the miniinst iso image, burnt all ok, and installed vai FTP
> (master site) ok.
> (used master site as the UK sites were giving me problems with not
> having the files for 5.3-RELEASE)
> 
> 
> HOWEVER.
> When I try to install pre-packaged files (for example, i want to install
> cvs-without-gui, and don't want to have to spend and disk space with
> everything that compiling this package would require) i get an error
> message as follows..
> 
> 
> 
> Unable to get packages/INDEX file from selected media. This may be
> because the packages collection is not available on the distribution
> media you've chosen, most likely an FTP site without the packages
> collection mirrored. Please verify that your media, or your path to the
> media, is correct and try again.
> 
> 
> This happens no matter which FTP site i try.
> 
> I saw this as a problem in the x86 tree, but that was a problem with the
> FTP site...
> 
> Anyone give me a hand with 5.3 for AXP in the same way ?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> AM
> 
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Dave Cotton
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