Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 12:21:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Brian Clapper <bmc@WillsCreek.COM> To: Toby Norris <TobyN@sysdac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports and package installation problems Message-ID: <199708161621.MAA04713@current.willscreek.com> In-Reply-To: <61595163@toto.iv>
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Toby Norris wrote: > 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'm going to make an assumption about what you're doing: You can't see your CD-ROM from FreeBSD, so you: - boot under DOS - copy the relevant packages tarballs to your DOS hard-drive - reboot under FreeBSD - mount your DOS partition (mount -r -t msdos /dev/wd<whatever> /mnt) , and - copy/install the packages from the DOS partition. I used to do just that when FreeBSD couldn't recognize my CD-ROM. If that's correct, make sure you copy the packages files from the "All" subdirectory on the CD-ROM. Every other subdirectory contains a symbolic link to the corresponding file in the "All" directory--but symbolic links don't mean anything to DOS, so they're copied as zero-length files. > Also, is there a decent X windows manager available; one that at least > gives scroll bars? Scroll bars are typically a function of the application (e.g., xterm) not the window manager. To get scroll bars in an xterm, use the `-sb' and `-sl' command-line options (or their corresponding X resources). `man xterm' for more information. ----- Brian Clapper, bmc@WillsCreek.COM, http://WWW.WillsCreek.COM/ Cloning is the sincerest form of flattery.
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