From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 16 12:50:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA15187 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:50:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from inet-user-gw-1.us.oracle.com (inet-user-gw-1.us.oracle.com [192.86.155.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA15104 for ; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:49:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from BKADAMS@us.oracle.com) Received: from mailsun2.us.oracle.com (mailsun2.us.oracle.com [144.25.88.74]) by inet-user-gw-1.us.oracle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA20731; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:46:04 -0800 (PST) Received: by mailsun2.us.oracle.com (SMI-8.6/37.8) id MAA26867; Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:57:15 -0800 Message-Id: <199801162057.MAA26867@mailsun2.us.oracle.com> Date: 16 Jan 98 12:47:32 -0800 From: "Brady K. Adams" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Trying to install xfree86 Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Oracle InterOffice (version 4.1.1.3.40) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk After having sucessfully installed FreeBSD via floppy, I am now trying to install the XFree86 X-Windows software (and other contributed software for that matter). The files for the software does not seem to be arranged in the same format as the FreeBSD software such as "bin" (bin.inf, bin.aa, bin.ab, etc.). Also, since I do not have a CD-ROM available, I cannot install directly from the CD. I have considered trying to copy the files onto a Zip disk (I have another computer available with a CD-ROM) and then mount the Zip Drive & do the installation via the Zip through the parallel port. I have not, however, able to mount the device. I do not know the directory to mount via the parallel port device (eg. /dev/sd0a). Two questions: -------------- Do I need a (special) driver to do use the Zip Drive? What is the syntax for the "mount" command (mount /dev/device /directory/to/mount)? HARDWARE: ========= Zenith NoteFlex 486DX50 16MB RAM 810MB Hard Drive 1.44MB Floppy Disk 2 PCMCIA Slots No CD-ROM Iomega 100MB Parallel Port Zip Drive Thanks in advance. Brady K. Adams bkadams@us.oracle.com ______ _____ _____ _____ __ _____ __ / _ / _ / ___/ / ___/ / / / _/ / / / / __/ _____/__/ _|__/__/_____/_____/_____/ http://www.oracle.com