Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 01:41:37 GMT From: James Raynard <jraynard@dial.pipex.com> To: topw@tiac.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: help! Message-ID: <199604270141.BAA03808@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <3180FD7B.4CA@tiac.net> (message from Paul Wade on Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:44:43 -0400)
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>>>>> Paul Wade <topw@tiac.net> writes: > > ok - I managed to get the minimal binaries up by ftp'ing to a win95 machine and carrying floppies to the > machine on the kitchen table. Now I have the manpages.* files and want to install from floppy so I can proceed > from there. How? An alternative is to use my dos/win95 machine to read docs for now. What is the best doc > package for that purpose? I do have browsers,converters,etc. Put the floppy in your FreeBSD machine and do:- # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0a /mnt # cp /mnt/manpages.* /tmp # umount /mnt # may need to repeat if > 1 floppy # cd / # cat /tmp/manpages.* | tar tvzf - # This will display without installing # cat /tmp/manpages.* | tar xvzf - # To install the man pages I would also recommend installing the info distribution (info.*). There's some very useful documentation in HTML format:- /usr/share/doc/FAQ/*.html /usr/share/doc/handbook/*.html You can either copy these onto floppy, or, if you're feeling adventurous, you can install a Web browser from the ports distribution, and view them under FreeBSD! Good luck James -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland mail: jraynard@dial.pipex.com
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