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Date:      Mon, 17 Mar 1997 23:56:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stan Brown <stanb@netcom.com>
Cc:        Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.com>
Subject:   Re: Problems installing packages using sysinstall (2.2-RELEASE)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.970317235601.1602U-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <199703162328.SAA04469@netcom18.netcom.com>

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On Sun, 16 Mar 1997, Stan Brown wrote:

> 	I have just installed 2.2 on my Toshiba Tecra 500. I have the PAO
> 	patches installed and the machine working on my local network which is
> 	gateway-ed to the Internet via another FreeBSD machine.
> 
> 	I can't seem to install any packages using /stand/sysinstall. When I
> 	try to do so it logs onto ftp.freebsd.org, collects the index file and
> 	presents me with the appropriate choices. When I select even one of
> 	these (Let's say elm), and ask it to perform the install sysinstall
> 	core dumps!

Oh joy.  Jordan will love this!  :)
> 
> 	What could I be doing wrong here?
> 
> 	What other way(s) of installing these packages do I have?

Use ftp to fetch the package manually from
ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.2/.... ,then run 

pkg_add package.tgz

To add it in.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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