Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 09:36:38 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Parker Brown <phbrown@ix.netcom.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5 Installation anomolies, related problems Message-ID: <32897A86.56BC@barcode.co.il> References: <199611130559.VAA02709@dfw-ix4.ix.netcom.com>
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Parker Brown wrote: > > 1.44 external, Cirrus5424. > User: exp with Minix, Linux, BSD 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.1.5, but still not a > qualified geek. > > BSD loaded onto first 700 MB of second HDD (wd1a), always choosing > novice & defaults. First time all went well until about half way > through packages installation, began receiving constant failure > messages. <alt><F2> screen messages indicated proc table overflows. Known problem with sysinstall... > > Second installation, started at beginning again, but this time just got > a clean BSD and X-windows setup, then booted that, reconfigured the > kernel and booted that. Clean. Then, as root, mounted the CD_ROM, > entered /stand/sysinstall and tried to install the packages again. No > proc table overflows this time, but the emacs installation blew up with > (and this is a quote) "some error", and of course this time <alt><F2> > only switched me to an alternate console, not the error msg screen of > the installation kernel. Also, got several "unable to fetch" messages > for rzsz, wine, uzap, kermit, spice and netscape. Hard to understand > why they would be there to select if not included on the CD. Called > Walnut Creek, where I got it from, and they guy just said "package that > up just like you told it to me and e-mail it to freebsd.org". At least > in 2.1.0 there was a setup to ftp netscape, which I can understand, but > this seems different. Can you guys please help? If you have a working system, the easiest thing to do would be to directly use pkg_add (do man pkg_add, but there's not much to it). This will probably show you the exact errors. You may wish to first delete packages that weren't installed successfuly (use pkg_delete for that). Some packages are not included on the CD because of licensing considerations. Netscape, for example, is commercial software and cannot be redistributed. You *can* install it as a port (look in the handbook about ports installation). This would automatically fetch the required files from ftp.netscape.com or whatever. You will, of course, need Internet access to install that. > > ALSO, I'm really frustrated with internet access thru BSD (I have to > use DOS/Win to access my ppp account, and I'm not a real Microsoft > fan). I've got ppp to the point where I respond to the Netcom username > and password prompt, and at that point my ppp prompt looks something [snip] Sorry, don't know much about ppp (I have a permanent FR conection, lucky me :-)). You may get better replies next time if you post questions about different subjects in separate messages. > > Thanks for your help. Nadav
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