Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 11:06:46 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: f94jnh@udd.htu.se (Henrik Johansson) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: harddisks Message-ID: <199605130136.LAA17194@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <m0uHyOL-00016JC@rs02.udd.htu.se> from "Henrik Johansson" at May 10, 96 10:02:00 pm
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Henrik Johansson stands accused of saying: > > I'm a new FreeBSD user. I bought version 2.1 from Walnut Creek. > When choosing Novice Install and selecting packages to install > I get an error message when trying to install emacs and xemacs. > other packages such as uemacs and vi installed OK. The error report > I got said something about that it could be an installation > medium (CD)error or something else, but I don't remember exactly. > Has anyone else reported this? The problem is that you don't have enough free scratch space when you're installing to unpack the (x)enacs packages - they're _huge_. You'll need to wait until you've got the system up, and try again. > Henrik -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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