From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 19:45:14 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B05F16A59B for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:45:14 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.199.47.57]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3733243D3F for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:45:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E0A6C512B5; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:46:01 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:46:01 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Martin Gonzalez Message-ID: <20050107194601.GA80494@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <001201c4c4f8$cc6a7980$400cdfdf@orion> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001201c4c4f8$cc6a7980$400cdfdf@orion> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: About ports dist X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 19:45:14 -0000 --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 12:36:59PM -0600, Martin Gonzalez wrote: > Hi.. >=20 > I have 2 very quick questions/comment about installation from the FreeBSD= CDs, and X-window: >=20 > When I try to install the X.org distribution, it sends an error > message that says it cannot find the packages/INDEX on the specified > media. I checked on the CD 2, and there it is, the full ports > collection, but the index file is named INDEX-5 instead of INDEX, so > I think it might be the problem. Looks like you're trying to install packages, not ports. You forgot to mention which ISO image you used (some don't have packages, and there are only a handful of packages on the disc 1 image). You also forgot to mention which version of FreeBSD you're using. Kris P.S. Please wrap your lines at 70 characters so your emails may be easily r= ead. --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFB3ub5Wry0BWjoQKURAuWTAJ0dF8x98zyFCcgSKFakIQHtYRksSACgsQKY YNpL5uy35OXyMVzjLdtcjqY= =2LBr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--