From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 6 21:14:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id VAA01938 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Sep 1996 21:14:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pimaia2w.prodigy.com (pimaia2w.prodigy.com [198.83.19.71]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id VAA01923 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 1996 21:14:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mime2.prodigy.com (mime2.prodigy.com [192.168.253.26]) by pimaia2w.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA38666 for ; Fri, 6 Sep 1996 23:49:31 -0400 Received: (from root@localhost) by mime2.prodigy.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) id XAA24328 for questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 6 Sep 1996 23:47:25 -0400 Message-Id: <199609070347.XAA24328@mime2.prodigy.com> X-Mailer: Prodigy Internet GW(v0.9beta) - ae01dm04sc03 From: UFCK28C@prodigy.com (MR BRIAN A NEAL) Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 23:47:25, -0500 To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Installing X Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've got the dos partition mounted, and I have the needed files for xfree86 I've created /usr/X11R6 and copied to tar's there, then for i in x312*.tgz; do tar -xzf $i done but I just get "cannot find file errors" when I do this, the xfree readme says to do this in root login, but when I try that the for command is not recognized. can anyone help? The xfree readme hadn't given me a clue, and it seems a little dated (maybe not) ____ s u p e r v i s o r I take you where you want to go I give you all you need to know I drag you down, I use you up 1 9 4