From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Apr 26 17:46:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA14582 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vent.pipex.net (root@vent.pipex.net [158.43.128.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA14573 for ; Fri, 26 Apr 1996 17:46:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dial.pipex.com by vent.pipex.net (8.6.12/PIPEX simple 1.20) id BAA05919; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 01:46:30 +0100 Received: (from jraynard@localhost) by dial.pipex.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA03808; Sat, 27 Apr 1996 01:41:37 GMT Date: Sat, 27 Apr 1996 01:41:37 GMT From: James Raynard Message-Id: <199604270141.BAA03808@dial.pipex.com> To: topw@tiac.net CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <3180FD7B.4CA@tiac.net> (message from Paul Wade on Fri, 26 Apr 1996 12:44:43 -0400) Subject: Re: help! Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> Paul Wade 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