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To: Not On Our Customer File <wpaladin@ic.sunysb.edu>
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Subject: Re: extracting XFree86 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Jan 95 20:19:22 EST."
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Date: Sat, 07 Jan 1995 02:12:17 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 	It was suggested to me that I break out of the sysinstall
> program to install Xfree86 (my PC hangs during extraction ...) and
> do it manually via sh extract.sh

You should just reinstall and hit ALT-F2 when you come to the X installation.
It's waiting for you over there.

> 	This was to have been done in the XFree86 dir. How
> do I get to the CDROM which does not come up as a device file ?
> i.e. can we get a bit more explicit ...

mount /dev/cd0a /mnt
cd /mnt/XFree86-3.1/
sh ./extract.sh

					Jordan