From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 20 17:24:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA01576 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 17:24:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from papillon.lemis.com (rider.dunham.org [207.170.123.194]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA01561 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 17:24:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: (grog@localhost) by papillon.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id TAA00210; Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:15:49 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980618191547.27925@papillon.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:15:47 -0500 From: Greg Lehey To: Chris Kaiser Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Free BSD References: <3588B912.44DA4EA@fltg.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <3588B912.44DA4EA@fltg.net>; from Chris Kaiser on Thu, Jun 18, 1998 at 02:52:02AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 18 June 1998 at 2:52:02 -0400, Chris Kaiser wrote: > I'm installing 2.2.5 which I ordered and just recieved. Didn't you contact me personally about some other matter? You could have mentioned this too. > On page 237 of The Complete FreeBSD, the author writes of an install > script > > #/cdrom//book/scripts/install-desktop > > This directory doesn't exist. I found the file in the cfbsd.tar.gz file > on the third CD. > I made the script executable but can not get it to execute. The result > is install-desktop not found. But I am in the same directory and I > spelled it right. > > Please help. I've been trying to install this system for over 15 hours > straight. Start at the very beginning of the book, before the title page, and read what you see there. This is in the errata. In any case, this install script isn't for installing FreeBSD. You can install it without it. > If the book or docs or manuals had mentioned that the CD-Rom had to be > mounted then I would have been farther a long. They do. > It seems like this could have been included too. Yes, I agree entirely. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message