From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Apr 30 20: 8: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from vail.net (vail.net [199.45.148.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9052037B6B0 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 2000 20:07:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ivanfetch@technologist.com) Received: from gatekeeper.cfcc.com (cfcc.com [204.144.216.251]) by vail.net (/) with ESMTP id e4130iC15541; Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:00:44 -0600 (MDT) Received: from oak.ivanfetch.tzo.com (130.253.6.15 [130.253.6.15]) by gatekeeper.cfcc.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.1960.3) id JSC692HR; Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:15:26 -0600 Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 20:05:19 -0700 (MST) From: Ivan Fetch X-Sender: ifetch@oak.ivanfetch.tzo.com To: Ryan Thompson Cc: Jackson Donadel , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iso from linuxberg.com In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, Ok I thought you were saying that NO packages were included on the first CD. Thanks for the clarification - sorry for the misunderstanding. On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Ryan Thompson wrote: > Ivan Fetch wrote to Ryan Thompson: > > > Hi, > > Although I have not tried installing packages from > > /stand/sysinstall, what about the packages in /cdrom/packages/* (which are > > on the CD)? AM I mis-understanding you Ryan? > > > > Thanks - Ivan. > > Hi Ivan, > > /cdrom/packages/* certainly won't contain ALL the FreeBSD packages (they > occupy somewhat more space than one CD can hold)... But packages in that > directory (with extension .tgz) can be added manually with pkg_add(1). > > Using the syntax ... > > pkg_add /cdrom/packages/some_package.tgz > > ... should install any package that is there. > > However, as long as there is a package INDEX in that CDROM directory > (there should be!), you can select "File System" as your installation > media, and specify a path of /cdrom/ (NOT /cdrom/packages/). There will > be a few important packages there. For a more complete (and recent!) > list, you should probably still use FTP as your media type and grab > packages from ftp.freebsd.org (or your nearest mirror), as I mentioned in > my previous messsage. > > Virtually yours, > - Ryan Thompson > > -- > Ryan Thompson > Systems Administrator, Accounts > Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 > > SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com > #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message