From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 28 22:04:23 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CE1537B401 for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:04:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from jiaforwarder1.airports.co.za (jiaforwarder1.airports.co.za [196.35.117.221]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EEB243F3F for ; Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:04:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from MartinO@airports.co.za) Received: from jiaex1.acsa-airports.com (Not Verified[196.11.2.221]) by jiaforwarder1.airports.co.za with NetIQ MailMarshal (v5.5.3.11) id ; Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:59:10 +0200 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 06:58:45 +0200 Message-ID: <428A44B194FD1C4F96CB694243B49EA906D079@jiaex1.acsa-airports.com> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Ports not wotking Thread-Index: AcNVjhaT20CUgdYRSiulZCzru5QffQ== From: "Martin Olivier" To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: Ports not wotking X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 05:04:24 -0000 Hi downloaded the freebsd 5.0 miniinstall over the weekend. cd boots up = fine loads all files had a look at installing ports that are availbe gav= e me an error could not find index. booted in windows checked the cd ever= thing was fine had index and index5.h file in ports dir also had the po= rts.tgzand some other basic files. using winrar i extracted ports.tgz t= o make sure the file is not corrupt but file was fine. Fed-up i tried t= o write index index5.h .cvsignore and the rest of the files expect po= rts.tgz to each dir. =20 Freebsd Installer still could find the index file.?????=20 =20 Is there any other way of installing the ports without using the installe= r..??? =20 thanx =20 ###################################################################### This message and any attachments are confidential and intended solely=20 for the addressee. If you have received this message in error, please=20 notify ACSA immediately by sending e-mail to helpdesk@airports.co.za. =20 Any unauthorized use, alteration or dissemination is prohibited.=20 ACSA accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever for any loss, whether it be direct, indirect or consequential, arising from=20 information made available and actions or commissions thereof. ######################################################################