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Date:      Tue, 30 Jan 1996 08:36:47 -0500
From:      "Tim M. Kelley" <tkelley@cy.com>
To:        "Adam.Strohl."<thomas.strohl@valley.net>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Post CD-ROM Adding Of Packages
Message-ID:  <199601301436.JAA04638@cy.com>

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At 09:49 PM 1/29/96 -0800, Adam Strohl wrote:
>I did the original install off of the CD, and now want to add additional
>packages 
>(such as XFree86), but when I run /stand/sysinstall and tell it to do an add
>package 
>(using the menu) it says that it can't load the index file.  I can browse the
>CD-Rom 
>Drive , using mount, and it seems ok from the shell, just that the install
menu 
>doesn't see its thier I guess, please help, thanx in advance !!!!
>
>                       -- Adam

Adam,
Here's the way I have installed packages from the CDROM
1) mount the cdrom
2) /stand/sysinstall
3) set the media type to File System and use /cdrom as the fs
4) continue with the install

Good luck,
Tim Kelley




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