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Date:      Wed, 25 Dec 1996 22:53:27 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brian Grams <gramsb1@airmail.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org, Brian_Grams@afcc.com
Subject:   Re: really stuck
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSI.3.94.961225225228.281N-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <32C1D708.4873@airmail.net>

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On Wed, 25 Dec 1996, Brian Grams wrote:

> I'll keep it short.  I get FreeBSD installed, up and running, but when I
> try to install ports and they reside on the second disk it doesn't ask
> for you to swap CD's - just says "can't be found" and won't install
> (during novice installation or later on working through
> /stand/sysinstall).  Trying to umount CD1 and mount CD2 won't seem to
> work either.  Checked all the FAQ's and DOC I could find and can't
> figure it out.

Just copy the port to your hard disk, enter it's directory, and type
'make.' Make sure that /usr/ports/distfiles is attached to
/ports/distfiles on the CD, or it'll want to go out on the net and
download the master archive. 

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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