Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org

[John Baldwin]

On Friday 07 March 2008 07:52:06 am Kazuyoshi Furutaka wrote:
> From: Kazuyoshi Furutaka <furutaka at jb3.so-net.ne.jp>
> Subject: Re: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-alpha at FreeBSD.org
> Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:30:30 +0900 (JST)
>
> > > >> Not only that, but alpha/67626 (the X server one) was fixed at the
> > > >> same time, at least on my machine.
> > > >
> > > > Which release version should I try?
> > >
> > > All my problems have gone away with 6.3-RELEASE, save one (I get
> > >
> > > >> periodic machine checks related to my second serial port. If I
> > > >> disable it, they stop). All previous releases since 4.11 are
> > > >> horribly unstable.
> > >
> > > -Nathan
> >
> > Is there anyone who knows why 6.3-RELEASE/ directory doesn't
> > exist under ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/alpha ???
> >   ncftp ...FreeBSD/releases/alpha > ls
> >   4.11 moved to ftp-archive              6.1 moved to ftp-archive
> >   5.3 moved to ftp-archive               6.2-RELEASE/
> >   5.4 moved to ftp-archive               ISO-IMAGES/
> >   5.5 moved to ftp-archive               README.TXT
> >   6.0 moved to ftp-archive
>
> I repeat: where can I find the 6.3-RELEASE/ directory
> in some ftp sites?  6.3-RELEASE-alpha-disc[23].iso discs
> only contain a "cdrom.inf" file and I can't install a
> (binary packaged) X server as well as its associated
> files.
>
> Thanks in advance.

There weren't any pre-built packages for Alpha for 6.3, you will need to build 
X from ports.

-- 
John Baldwin