Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 13:35:17 -0400 From: "Charles Morris" <charlesmorris@wvdhhr.org> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: installing packages Message-ID: <sacb231d.034@mail.wvdhhr.org>
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I am able to successfully install freeBSD 4.2 release and x11 from a DOS hard drive, but have run into constant problems while installing anything from the packages distribution. I try to install sawfish and gnome using sysinstall but after reading the index, I receive error messages saying it is unable to fetch any of the componets, even though they are in the proper directories on the DOS drive. I then tried to install over a PPP connection, but mysteriously the process stops downloading after receiving about 17408 bytes of the first componet (gettext) . I tried this several times using different ftp sites and between passive and active modes, but the results are always identical. It reads the index, starts downloading gettext, and then just stops downloading anything. The modem lights show it is still online, but it just stops downloading. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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