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From: "Frank A. Herda, C.M.H." <fherda@herda.com>
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Subject: Need info on installing packages
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 09:42:38 -0500
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The problem that I am having is:

1.  I finaly got freebsd 2.1.6 up and running.  Had an inital problem with
it recgonising my smc8216c nic card, but it does now and I have
connectivity.

2.  I had copied the dist directory to an msdos partian which I used to do
the installation.  Worked fine.

3.  When trying to install the selected packages, it says that it can not
find them from the same ms-dos partian.  The files are there but freebsd
can seem to find them.

4.  So I said to myself I got internet conectivity so I'll try doing the
package installs thru ftp.  After freebsd logs in to ftp.freebsd.org it
says that it can not find the realease-2-1-6 directory.  This is using the
update menu from /stand/sysinstall.

5.  Anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

6.  Can I just extract the application from it gzip format, copy it into a
temporary directory in a freebsd partian an run make install?

7.  Is there a menuing system for system administration ou there anywhere?

Thanks for helping me!  Thank God for mail lists!



Col. Frank A. Herda, C.M.H.
(216)479-7989 Voicemail/Pager
http://www.herda.com