From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 14 18:59:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA21508 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 May 1997 18:59:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA21500 for ; Wed, 14 May 1997 18:59:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-133 [207.14.72.133]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA10555; Wed, 14 May 1997 16:56:07 -0800 Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 17:49:14 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: David cc: support@cdrom.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD CR-Rom Distribution In-Reply-To: <33779DD0.68FA@ultranet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 12 May 1997, David wrote: yeah, yeah, yeah. sysinstall isn't the greatest. it's just a silly *.tgz. just tar -xzvf it (in /usr) ... then read the docs. they're pretty simple (like 5 steps). (sorry if i don't sound right - i'm groggy ... :) > hi there, > > I bought the February 1997 FreeBSD 2.1.7 CR-Rom and am having trouble > with it... > > I'm using the DOS partion installation method as my CD-Rom is not > supported. Here is a list of my problems... > > 1) running under windows95 I used the setup program on the CD and it > will not copy over the XFree86 3.2 distribution, and displays this error > "X32BIN.TGZ: permission denied." > > 2)running under unix, it says "unable to get packages /INDEX from the > selected media" which has been set to DOS... > > help... please... > > thanks in advance > > Dave Goodman > 215 Middle Rd. > Boxboro, MA 01719 > (508) 263.1717 > slohand@ultranet.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------