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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 1998 15:55:22 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing packages from DOS partition = problem...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980223155433.24778a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980223095818.26910A-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>

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On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, BEAUPRE Antoine wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I just installed FreeBSD, on my little PC... after a lot of research
> and hard work! (I had problems with partitionning the FAT32 partition from
> win95...) anyway, it's done and I'm more than happy.
> I've got just a little problem... I can't install ANY of the packages I've
> downloaded via FTP. The packages are stored on a DOS primary partition
> (C:), but the configuration program doesn't seem to find them After
> correcting the errors in the filenames due to that damn 8 char limitation
> on DOS, it couldn't work either!!! I've tried everything!

> (that is:
> putting the package dir  straight at the root of my C: drive, copying the
> packages directly into the /usr/ports/distfiles/ directory, etc...). The
> program is always telling me: "Unable to fetch from selected Media. Please
> (...)". When I try to "make install": same result.
> 
>  What the heck is happening????

I don't nkow.  Are these for packages or ports?  Packages should add fine
if you run `pkg_add package.tgz'.

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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