Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 04:56:52PM -0500, leam wrote:
> 
>>When I did an ftp install last week, the ftp script was looking for the 
>>directory pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.6N/.....
>>
>>It failed until I removed the "N" from the "1.6N". Is this a versioning 
>>issue we should keep and work around or is it something that needs to be 
>>fixed?
> 
> 
> This mean you got a -current (1.6N) boot floppy, and installed the
> 1.6 release. That is, you installed a different version from the boot
> floppy.
> The path in the non-release boot floppies is usually wrong, because
> there is no predefined place for the binaries. Most usually this is
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/<arch>/snapshot/<some date>/
> or
> ftp://releng.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/{current,netbsd-1-6}/<some date>/
> or anything else, at the discretion of the person who build the snapshot.
> 
> So, when you get a floppy for a non-release, you have to know from where
> you got it, binaries are at the same place.

I think i got the miniroot from the same place, though it has been a few 
days. I ftp'd everything, as this box was an attempt to run an ftp 
install after working from Solaris.

Lemme try again and take better notes.  :)

ciao!

leam