How to get FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE?

[Thomas T. Veldhouse]

Why not simply use the compat3x libraries on 4.8-RELEASE?

Tom Veldhouse

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Shenton" <chris at shenton.org>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: How to get FreeBSD-3.0-RELEASE?


> I've been asked to install a specific version of RealServer on
> FreeBSD, and this version requires FreeBSD-3.0.  I usually pull down
> the floppies and then install from the net.
>
> I can't find floppies for anything older then 4.7.  I expect I can use
> modern install floppies and use the "options" to specify 3.0-RELEASE
> instead of what's default on the floppy, but then it undoubtedly be
> unable to find the actual distribution to download and install.
>
> If I could find an ISO, I probably can borrow a friend's CD burner but
> I can't find an ISO for 3.0-RELEASE either.
>
> It would seem stupid to install 4.7 on the box, then use cvsup to pull
> down the source for 3.0, then compile that and install it on top of
> 4.7.  Ick.
>
> I'll have a FreeBSD-4.8-STABLE box nearby, and I guess it might be
> possible to cvsup 3.0-R and build there, but not how I'd go about
> net-installing onto the target, without NFS.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
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