From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 2 01:09:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D821216A407 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:09:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41D2943D46 for ; Thu, 2 Nov 2006 01:09:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id kA219bRf026936 for ; Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:09:37 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 19:09:36 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 References: <200611011513.56803.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <200611011513.56803.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200611011909.36803.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=ham version=3.1.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.6 (2006-10-03) on zeus.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: Changing cd durin install.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:09:40 -0000 On Wednesday 01 November 2006 18:13, Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Wednesday 01 November 2006 14:49, Agus wrote: > > Hi...while installing freebsd, and adding some packages, i am asked to > > insert disc 2 to add the pkg, then to insert disc one to add other pkg, > > then disc 2 again to add other pkg..on and on...Is there a way to only > > insert the discs one time, instead of changing them like 10 times? > > > > Thanxsss > > If you have the box online you might find it easier to grab the packages > from the server. That will also get you the latest version. > > You can either go to /sysinstall or use pkg_add. The man has the details on > how to do it. > > Beech > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------ Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise Travel > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 > / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >------------ this page looks prety good: http://www.pa.msu.edu/~tigner/bsddvd.html i was going to try it, so i went to my favorite mirror to download the 6.2-PRERELEASE's so i could try it out... and: ncftp ...SD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/6.2 > ls CHECKSUM.MD5 CHECKSUM.SHA256 aint no files there!! *butterlies in my stomache* WHAT COULD THIS POSSIBLY MEAN??? :D cheers, jonathan