From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 21:39:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AD7037B401 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:39:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (bay2-dav68.bay2.hotmail.com [65.54.246.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDE6D43FAF for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:39:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sukhbinders@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 21:39:46 -0800 Received: from 219.93.218.223 by bay2-dav68.bay2.hotmail.com with DAV; Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:39:46 +0000 X-Originating-IP: [219.93.218.223] X-Originating-Email: [sukhbinders@hotmail.com] From: "Sukhbinder Singh" To: "David Banning" , "E. J. Cerejo" , , Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 13:38:15 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Apr 2003 05:39:46.0628 (UTC) FILETIME=[6F8CD040:01C2F9A3] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 cc: Sukhbinder Singh Subject: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 05:39:47 -0000 Hello,=20 My question was how can one install more distribution from the = root directory when the first initial installation was only the required = \bin distribution. if now I want to install the games port or = distribution how can I install it. Firstly, I do not have this games = port downloaded into my FreeBSD partition yet. I need to do this. How = can I download the FreeBSD games port/distribution or the crypto = port/distrbution which is in my dos partition (hard disk) from being = logged in the root directory in FreeBSD. Can one explain this please. = Because I do not have this distributions in my FreeBSD partitions yet. I = need to copy them or download them from my harddisk in the dos partition = or from windows '95 that I am using.=20 Any help will be helpful.=20 thanks, sukh.