From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Jun 18 6: 3:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mud.noc.uunet.co.za (mud.noc.uunet.co.za [196.31.48.132]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88C2C37B400 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 06:03:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from theob@localhost) by mud.noc.uunet.co.za (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5ID3Qw26683; Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:03:26 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from theob) Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:03:26 +0200 From: Theo Bierman To: Grant Cooper Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: newbie-can't install ports Message-ID: <20020618150326.I26229@za.uu.net> References: <01b601c2143d$0bdd2c80$7b6c6bd1@ab.hsia.telus.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <01b601c2143d$0bdd2c80$7b6c6bd1@ab.hsia.telus.net>; from grant.cooper@nucleus.com on Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 01:19:54AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Jun 15, 2002 at 01:19:54AM -0600, Grant Cooper wrote: > I took this directly from the newbie section: > > "Place your FreeBSD CDROM in the drive. Mount it on /cdrom. (If you use a > different mount point, the install will not work.) To begin, change to the > directory for the port you want to install:" > > I mounted but I am sure I am doing it wrong? My /cdrom is off the root? Is > this correct. It doesn't say where to mount it from. :( how about this, run /stand/sysinstall (as root), then: -> Configure Do post-install configuration of FreeBSD -> Distributions Install additional distribution sets -> [X] ports The FreeBSD Ports collection (right at the bottom) Then choose your installation media, if you choose CD then it will mount it for you. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ---end quoted text--- -- Theo Bierman Customer Implementation Team UUNET S.A., a WorldCom Company Tel: +27 11 235-6621 Fax: +27 11 235-6501 E-Mail: theo@za.uu.net Customer Service Centre: 08600 UUNET / 08600 88638 http://www.uunet.co.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message