Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 07:49:14 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Jasper Wallace <jasper@ivision.co.uk> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing X on an already working machine Message-ID: <29998.857144954@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 28 Feb 1997 14:42:21 GMT." <Pine.GSO.3.93.970228140857.733B-100000@stingray.ivision.co.uk>
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> 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. Weird! I heard a similar report from someone else, but when I tried it, it just worked. Perhaps I did something slightly different given my inability to make all the same obvious choices that a normal user would make at this point. :-) > Is it ok to just untar the files from /, running presinatll.sh beforehand > and postinstall.sh afterwards? I think they go into /usr, actually, but yes you have the right idea. RiscBSD, eh? Does it run on the A540? :-) Jordan
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