Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:42:21 +0000 (GMT) From: Jasper Wallace <jasper@ivision.co.uk> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Installing X on an already working machine Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.93.970228140857.733B-100000@stingray.ivision.co.uk>
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I've got a machine that I've installed 2.1.7-RELEASE on a few days ago and now (due to a change of mind by my boss) I want to put X on it too. Beacause I've got to install onto/upgrade 3 other machines as well Rather than downloading the files from ftp.freebsd.org for each machine I've downloaded them to one machine and been happily installing them from there. I've downloaded the contents of pub/XFree86/2.1-STABLE/XF8632 and got them in a directory called X8632 In the same directory as I've got packages-2.1.7 and 2.1.7-RELEASE. using /stand/sysinstall from a running system I can happily install bin using the custom install option, and then choosing 'just remaining extract steps' but I cannot get it to install X, all that happens is the screen changes to blank blue briefly and then switches back to the menu. Is it ok to just untar the files from /, running presinatll.sh beforehand and postinstall.sh afterwards? -- Jasper Wallace-Internet Vision | Caving-Acorn-RiscBSD-Chocolate-Banks-Fish My opinions != IVisions's | PovRay-FVWM-Perl-C-Mono-Food-Wired-? E-Mail:jasper@ivision.co.uk | This is the Internet, untamed and free, Tel: +44 171 589 4500 (work) | Where you can be anything you want to be
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