From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 26 16:40:33 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA16914 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 26 Apr 1997 16:40:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA16907; Sat, 26 Apr 1997 16:40:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-132 [207.14.72.132]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA19869; Sat, 26 Apr 1997 14:37:39 -0800 Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 15:30:59 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net Reply-To: Steve Howe To: SysX cc: question@freebsd.org, Support@cdrom.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 2.1.7 Packages Installation In-Reply-To: <19970425173143.AAA14414@sysx> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 25 Apr 1997, SysX wrote: > Dear Support Team: > > and issue ls -l /mnt/packages/all to see the list of directory, I saw > the index file (lower case), but when I tried to install the mstools_3.0 > packages by issuing the command, such as: /stand/sysinstall and chose > the configure (Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD) and followed with > packages and media option, I got the ERROR message, such as: > Unable to get packages/INDEX (INDEX in upper case). I copied i find you must install packages from FBSD. cp -r ./packages to /usr, then install from FileSystem media. you may have to rename all the files correctly though. best to just ftp or copy them directly to /usr ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------