From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Feb 4 13:26:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from odin.acuson.com (odin.acuson.com [157.226.230.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4579E37B42F for ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:26:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from mvaexch00.acuson.com ([157.226.230.212]) by odin.acuson.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.54) with ESMTP id AAA3007; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:26:44 -0800 Received: by mvaexch00.acuson.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:21:52 -0800 Received: from there (dhcp-46-100.acuson.com [157.226.46.100]) by mvaexch01.acuson.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2653.13) id CJVDFN3N; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:17:17 -0800 From: Johnson David To: jlr , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Organization: Acuson Subject: Re: Missing files on Installation CD Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:26:33 -0800 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <3C5EE849.C6443DB@lucent.com> In-Reply-To: <3C5EE849.C6443DB@lucent.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20020204212648.4579E37B42F@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday 04 February 2002 12:00 pm, jlr wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I recently purchased the FreeBSD Power Pack 4.2 > from Staples in Bedford NH. When I tried to install > the system, I found, much to my dismay, that the > installation CD was missing critical files needed > to install the kernel. When viewing the CD contents > and comparing them with the table on page 27 & 28 > of the manual, I found that the View.exe file and > the Setup.exe along with the Install.exe files were > missing from the CD. There were numerous other files > missing from the CD that the table showed. I'm not familiar with the Power Pack, so I don't know what it's supposed to have in it. However, I have never had a problem with any of the FreeBSD "normal" 4-CD sets. However, I seem to recall an issue about the view.exe, setup.exe and install.exe files being the property of Walnut Creek CDROM. The 4.2 Power Pack was not a Walnut Creek release, but a BSDi release. I suspect that the documentation didn't get updated as thoroughly as the CDs. Slackware Linux had the same problem. These files are *not* required to install FreeBSD. They are not a part of the official FreeBSD release. The Handbook will give you all the installation instruction you will need. > I am at this point completely disillusioned with FreeBSD. > I hope that someone takes the time to look into the possibility > that other stores may have been delivered the same packages. Don't be disillusioned over something so trivial. The Power Pack was originally a Walnut Creek packaging, and not an official FreeBSD project. FreeBSD had nothing to do with it. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message