Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 17:18:21 -0400 (EDT) From: media@mail1.nai.net To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: unable to load distributions Message-ID: <v03130306b35625ecc092@[209.150.35.86]>
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Following the advice of this list, I installed 3.1-STABLE-1990503 in place of 3.1-RELEASE. When I installed 3.1R, I didn't try to install the src and xf86333 distrbutions. This time I tried, but it didn't work. I am using a 133 Pentium w/64M RAM. It has a piece of crap SVGA monitor. I downloaded all new files from releng3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/spapshots/i386 and made new floppies. I then booted from the floppies and went to install from my primary DOS partition. The installer told me "Unable to transfer the scontrib distribution from wd0s1" Trying again didn't work. It then told me the same thing for sggnu, setc, slib, sgames, sinclude, sliexec, etc. For what purpose will I want these src files?? The installer then gave me the same message for a long list of all the xf86333 files, xfonts, xf100, xcyr, xfscl, and so on. Well, you get the point. I then received the message "Couldn't extract the following distribution. This may be because they were not available on the installation media you've chosen:" A list did NOT follow. When I tried to configure the XFree86 I got this, "The XFree86 setup utility you choose does not appear to be installed. Please install this before attempting to configure XFree86." I wasn't surprised. I checked the list of distribution files it couldn't transfer or extract against the contents of C:\FREEBSD\xf86333 and C:\FREEBSD\src and they are all there. In \xf86333 most of the files have the suffix .tgz, some of the files are in a sub-directory, \xf86333\SERVERS. The only files I had removed from the download were the PC98 directory and its contents because I presumed that a Compaq Deskpro 4000 is not a Japanese PC98 machine. What went wrong?? How do I install these files after the fact?? Btw, what is the easiest way to install lynx so I can read the Handbook and FAQ in /doc?? The files have .html suffixes. THANX!! PEACE OUT :) MARK -- REDMOND, WA (AP) --- Microsoft Corp. announced today that the official release date for the new operating system "Windows 2000" will be delayed until the second quarter of 1901. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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