Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 21:16:16 -0400 (EDT) From: media@mail1.nai.net To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, cjclark@home.com Subject: Installing src & R6 (was: mounting primary DOS partition) Message-ID: <v03130309b359042f0d3f@[209.150.34.167]> In-Reply-To: <199905070513.BAA17827@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> References: <v03130304b357c17c5716@[209.150.34.161]> from "media@mail1.nai.net" at "May 6, 99 11:58:06 pm"
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At 1:13 AM -0400 5/7/99, Crist J. Clark wrote: > >> Anyway, I still can't seem to install X11R6 or the src files from my DOS >> partition. When I stand/install from root and go to load them I get: >> >> "Error mounting /dev/wd0s1 on /dist: device busy (16)" > >Again, > ># umount /1 > >(Or /DOS if you have done the previous change). /stand/sysinstall does >not expect the DOS drive to already be mounted, unmount (umount) it >first. I just tried that and it didn't work. root# umount /1 root# stand/sysinstall So far so good. I select the src and X11R6 files. I select install from DOS partition. Then I get: "Unable to transfer the scontrib distribution from wd0s1" I try again. It fails again. I choose "no" to not try again, it moves on to the next src file, tries, fails, I select "no" again, and boom: Broken Pipe I get a root prompt that's blind (I can't see what I'm typing). I type "shutdown -h now" It shuts down. I reboot it and it seems the same. Previously, following the advice of this list, I installed 3.1-STABLE-1990503 in place of 3.1-RELEASE. When I installed 3.1R, 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. I tried to install the src and xf86333 distrbutions, but it didn't work. 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 without flooding my basement?? THANX!! PEACE OUT :) MARK P.S. I am using a 133 Pentium w/64M RAM. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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