Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 22:44:52 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kazem Akbari <akbari@alpha.ces.cwru.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is there anybody out there to help (3rd attempt) Message-ID: <12370.832369492@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 May 1996 01:02:03 EDT." <199605170502.BAA00954@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu>
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Kazem Akbari wrote in message ID
<199605170502.BAA00954@fox.CES.CWRU.Edu>:
> Dear Gary, thanks for your response. I believe I have installed the
> FreeBSD/XFree86 completely. After installation I went to /usr/ports
> directory and as it was instructed, I tried "make" and "make
> print-index" both which failed as I explained before. By the way, in
> the ports directory I got all the files (README, INDEX, ...) and
> directories (games, cad, x11, ...), and all the files in this
> directory (ports) have zero value when I try "du -s" and also all the
> files in the "distfiles" directory (".gz" files) have zero values (the
> same is true for /cdrom). I hope you can help me out to fix the
> problem.
My guess at this point would be that you built a symlink tree from
/usr/ports to the tree on the CDROM (as instructed in the manual, if I
remember), but you (at the current moment) don't have the CDROM
mounted, and hence the data is unavailable. If this is the case, just
type (as root) `mount /cdrom' and then try again. It should fix (I
think) your problem... (all the symlink tree does is create a set of
pointers back onto the CDROM, it don't actually copy or contain any
data from the CDROM. When the data is needed, the symlink refers the
program needing the data to the CDROM to find it).
> I am very sorry for the misunderstanding. The reason is I purchased
> the FreeBSD-2.1 from Walnut Creek CD-Rom company, but their technical
> support team pays no attention to my frequent requests in this regard,
> so I thought I should have a voice on the FreeBSD list to wake them
> up, but it seems they don't care at all.
This is something that I cannot comment on. If you feel that Walnut
Creek didn't provide an adequate support service, then you should
correspond directly with them. Jordan Hubbard (jkh@cdrom.com) is both
a Walnut Creek employee and also the president of the FreeBSD project,
and wants to see all sides kept happy. If you feel it necessary, I'm
sure Jordan would be happy to bring this matter up with Walnut Creek,
as it is in their own interests to keep their customers happy.
Gary
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Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member
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