Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 16:39:57 +0100 From: "Phil Joseph" <philip.joseph@net.ntl.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Installing Xwindows packages from dos partition Message-ID: <000501bf06a3$0f6b7640$7fb8fad4@fred>
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I ftp'd FreeBSD to my DOS C drive. I then installed to my second IDE drive. This worked fine. I then FTP'd the 8 patches/X11... directories (c:\FreeBSD\patches\x11...) I then booted from floppy and tried to install the packages (couldn't see how I could get them to install from a DOS partition if I booted from HD). I selected to install from a DOS partition and selected my first HD (same one as I selected for my succesfull install). It found the index then presented me with all available packages. As I only FTP'd the Xwindows directories, I just selected these. When I try to install them it says that it can't find the files, but if I boot to windows98 the same filenames that it says it can't find (all of them) , are all there. I tried doing a complete re-install but the same thing happened. I've tied copying all the x11 directories&contents to /FreeBSD plus have tried copying the contents of FreeBSD/packages/x11.... to FreeBSD/packages with no luck whatsoever. 1) Could anyone please tell me where I'm going wrong 2) Could someone please point me in the right direction as to what X11 packages I need to install. All I want is the ability to have 2 or 3 movable comand prompt windows open and I'm sure that I don't for example need to load the 30 odd packages found in x11-servers (my graphics card is a TNTultra2) Many thanks Phil To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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