Date: Sun, 5 Mar 1995 09:29:45 -0700 (MST) From: billlee@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca To: chris@mpx.com.au Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installations problems Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.950305085908.66762B-100000@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <m0rlD00-0001h6C@utopia.mpx.com.au>
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On Sun, 5 Mar 1995 chris@mpx.com.au wrote:
> I have attempted to install FreeBSD 2.0 from the Walnut Creek CD - (the one
> ... stuff deleted ...
> I can install from the CD everything BUT the XFREE86 material. When I
> select that part for installation, I first get the dialogue box:
> "Verifying Checksums ... wait!"
> This is then followed by the dialogue box:
> "Extracting ... wait!".
>
> Unfortunately from that point on nothing happens. There is no activity on
> the CD ROM or the hard drive.
I was told there's something wrong with the checksums on the CD. I think
I worked around it with the following sequence:
mkdir /cdrom
mount_cd9600 /dev/cd0a /cdrom
cd /cdrom/XFree86-3.1
./extract.sh
> ...tell me the 'commands' I have to issue to work through it. I'm
> afraid I'm not all that literate in 'unix'.
I'm not either. 8-) I still haven't finished configuring XFree86 8-(, as
I am learning more about administration first.
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Bill Lee E-mail: billlee@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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