Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 00:07:07 -0500 From: Toby Norris <TobyN@sysdac.com> To: support@freebsd.org Subject: Ports and package installation problems Message-ID: <33F3E3FB.453C@sysdac.com>
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Hello, I have the version 2.2.1 CD. I have copied the entire CD to my hard disk and installed FreeBSD from a DOS partition. None of the ports or packages will install. In fact, when I look in the packages directory on the CD I see a bunch of tarballs with zero size. What's going on. No where on the CD can I find any /usr/ports/distfiles directory. When I installed FreeBSD I told it to give me everything under the sun, but still the /usr/local/distfiles directory is empty. I don't have a network connection, and I don't have a CD player that FreeBSD recognizes. Is it possible to get either the ports or the packages installed from my dos partition??? If so, please provide me with instructions. I guess I would rather install the packages since its easire, right? Also, is there a decent X windows manager available; one that at least gives scroll bars? Thank you for your support, Toby Norris
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