From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 10 21:28:57 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from moutvdom00.kundenserver.de (moutvdom00.kundenserver.de [195.20.224.149]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D546A37B407 for ; Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:28:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [195.20.224.208] (helo=mrvdom01.schlund.de) by moutvdom00.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15gfAH-0007SD-00; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:28:49 +0200 Received: from pd9017277.dip.t-dialin.net ([217.1.114.119]) by mrvdom01.schlund.de with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #2) id 15gfAH-0002i4-00; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 06:28:49 +0200 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 04:28:42 +0200 (CEST) From: "P. U. (Uli) Kruppa" To: Cc: Subject: Re: Trouble installing FreeBSD 4.0 In-Reply-To: <200109101829.OAA17174@interlock2.lexmark.com> Message-ID: <20010911041820.Q72116-100000@pukruppa.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As far as I can remember, you could install gnome or kde via # /stand/sysinstall --> configure --> desktop You can select the installation-media you prefer. To get later versions you should upgrade your ports-collection or your complete system. But this can be done easier with a working internet-connection. Have fun. Uli. On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 whasting@lexmark.com wrote: > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 14:22:21 -0400 > From: whasting@lexmark.com > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Trouble installing FreeBSD 4.0 > > > > Are the files neccessary to install KDE or GNOME on the > installation cd for FreeBSD 4.0? If so could you explain > to me how I would install it. Every time that I go to > the /usr/ports/x11/... dir and try the "make" or "make > install" command. It says that "kdebase11.tar.gz > doesn't seem to exist on this system" and then as I'm > sure you already know it tries to download from the FTP > site. I am not able to be online right now so I can't > download from the FTP site. I can however download from > my Windows2000 partition. So I can get the files if > they aren't on the CD but I don't know how to mount my > Windows2000 partition. My file system is NTFS (on the > Windows2000 partition).I downloaded the iso file from > one of the ftp sites. It's just disk one. Also, if you > could explain to me how to mount a DOS drive. One more > question, can I use an Iomega USB ZipCD-R/RW Drive with > FreeBSD 4.0. If not can I rebuild the Kernal to support > it? > > I greatly appreciate your help. > > P.S. If you could respond to this message > > Weaver Hastings > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *--------------------------------------* | www.pukruppa.de www.2000d.de | | Wuppertal - Germany | *--------------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message