From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 4 01:34:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA10207 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:34:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from f15.hotmail.com (F15.hotmail.com [207.82.250.26]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA10180 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:34:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by f15.hotmail.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA19674; Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:33:22 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 01:33:22 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703040933.BAA19674@f15.hotmail.com> Received: from 137.229.17.253 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Tue, 04 Mar 1997 01:33:22 PST X-Originating-IP: [137.229.17.253] From: " steve howe" To: empey@integral.on.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another question: Installing packages from a HD. Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 --------------------------------------------------------- Get Your *Web-Based* Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------