From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 12 04:51:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA22413 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 04:51:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ime.net (root@ime.net [204.97.248.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id EAA22407 for ; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 04:51:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kimiko.cguy.com (buxton-14.ime.net [206.231.148.143]) by ime.net (8.7.6/8.6.12) with ESMTP id HAA21210; Sat, 12 Oct 1996 07:51:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199610121151.HAA21210@ime.net> From: "Gary Chrysler" To: , Subject: Re: Problem with DOS install Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 07:50:53 -0400 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I *belive* the problem here is 'filenames', The install is looking for packages with a .tgz extension and cannot find them. The best thing for you to do is ensure that that filenames end in .tgz and then just use pkg_add from the prompt! pkg_add will work installing from a mounted dos drive as long as the file on the dos drive has a .tgz extension. Or copy them to a FreeBSD drive and restore the original filenames! I find it easier to just copy them to my /tmp dir with a filename like temp.tgz, and: pkg_add /tmp/temp.tgz Works for me! -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848 ---------- > From: Arlo Ihrig > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Problem with DOS install > Date: Thursday, October 10, 1996 11:27 PM > > Ok, > I don't have the CDROM, so I downloaded the ENTIRE freebsd 2.1.5 > directory (I got plenty o space, and fast t3 connection) So... > > I booted off the install floppy, mounted the dos drive, configured all > the options, and it couldn't find ANY of the packages I selected - but > it did install the bare bones system. It seems to me that the > sysinstall prog is looking for files in certain directories (which I > can't seem to find any EXACT info on) and just bombs out. I'd think the > sysinstall would be smart enough to ask for directory if it couldn't > find the right directory. > > Anyone have any ideas? So far (besides this "little" problem) I love > FreeBSD and really want to check it out. > > Thanks all! > > Please send replies to waldo@radfx.com > http://www.radfx.com