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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To: Oleg Ogurok <olegogurok@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: X-Windows
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On Sat, 20 Dec 1997, Oleg Ogurok wrote:

> 
> >> What I need to run X-Windows?
> >> The directory ftp.cdrom.com/pub/X11 constain very many files and 
> subdirs 
> >> ( souces etc...). What the minimum necessary to download for run 
> >> X-Windows?
> >> Maybe, not from this directory.
> >You want the stuff in the XFree86 directory, not X11.
> >Just use /stand/sysinstall to install the XFree86 distribution.
> 
> But I don't have a distribution CD. I want to download X-Windows 
> distribution files first, and then install it from my HDD.
> Some days ago I downloaded some files from 
> ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.5-RELEASE/ for install, and now I have (I 
> don't understand why) XFree86 directory with some files. When I trying 
> to install it (run doinstall.sh and postinstall.sh /sorry, forgot the 
> real filenames/ ) is writes me: Directory /usr/X11R6 doesn't exist.
> 
> Please, check the ftp.cdrom.com and answer me, which files in which 
> directories I need to download for run X-Windows.
Doesn't matter; you can use /stand/sysinstall to download the files via
FTP.
First, the files you want are in /pub/XFree86, not /pub/X11.
Run /stand/sysinstall and follow this sequence:
select custom install, select distributions, select custom set, select
XFree86, now you have a choice to make.
For the easiest possible way to do it, just select all here.
If you're low on disk space, or know more what you want, go through the
submenus and choose your choices; make sure you install both the server
for your video card and the VGA16 one if you choose to get just part of
it.
Once you select all (if you go that way) go down to exit, the hit enter,
hit enter again, go to media type, choose FTP, agree that network is
already setup (have ppp running beforehand), then go to commit.
This will take a LONG time, so you might want to run it overnight or
something like that.

> Sincerely yours,
> Oleg Ogurok / olegogurok@hotmail.com /


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