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Date:      Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:33:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      " steve  howe" <un_x@hotmail.com>
To:        empey@integral.on.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Another question:  Installing packages from a HD.
Message-ID:  <199703040933.BAA19674@f15.hotmail.com>

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like this (and make sure of case sensitivity) ...
/usr/packages/All/*.tgz's
/usr/packages/INDEX
/ 
>I'm having trouble installing the packages from a DOS partition on my
>HD.  I've copied the directory structure from the fto site
>(ftp.freebsg.org), and folllowed the install instructions.  The dir
>tree looks like this:
>
>/freebsd/bin
>         .
>         .
>           /packages/archivers/
>                          /audio/
>
>etc.
>
>The index file is also in the /packages dir.  The install utility
>finds the index file for the packages, but when it tries to install
>them, each package comes up not found.  Is there perhaps something
>wrong in my dir tree?  Any help is appreciated!
>
>___________________________________________________________
>
>David Empey
>mailto: empey@integral.on.ca
>homepage:  http://www.integral.on.ca/empey/
>604-185 Berkshire Drive, London, Ontario, Canada, N6J 3R6
>(519)-474-0296

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