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On 12 Feb, net work wrote:
> MY system ....
> Pentium-75
> ram-8 megs
> Hard-dirve 1 gig
> dual boot...
> win-95 was on the HD first, then...
> FreeBSD-3.0-19990208-STABLE was added recently
> 
> Operating system - 'FreeBSD-3.0-19990208-STABLE'
> 
> The problem ....
> 
> Initially i hadn't installed the *ports collection* (HD space concerns) and
> decided i would install the ports i needed as time went on.  When i first
> attempted to install vnc, it told me it 'couldn't find the make files.'  Not
> even after rebooting.  Also when i tried to cd to the directories where the
> 'make files' reside, /usr/share/mk AND /usrports/Mk
> the system responded "no such directory" Which now i am told has to be there
> or the system will NOT boot.  In a last ditch effort to

To clear this up, i was under the impression that /usr/share wasn't
there at all. the first suggestion that was recieved was to download
the updated mk stuff from ftp.freebsd.org

but anyway .. I apologize for giving the wrong information.

and thanks for setting me straight jordan

Rob


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