From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 20 13:16:57 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA07676 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:16:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA07670 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:16:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA04852; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:16:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 13:16:28 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Richard J. Linane" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.1.7 ports collection packages In-Reply-To: <3330A18A.451A@concentric.net> 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 Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Richard J. Linane wrote: > I am trying to install any of the programs in the packages > distributions > from a dos partitian > to a 2.1.7 freebsd partitian > > all the files in both distributions I have manually changed the first > letters in the file names to a lower case as per Walnut Creek Tech > support Eh? > >While I am booted in bsd 2.1.7 I enter /stand/sysinstall > >>I then selectthe media type as a DOS Partitian > >I then go to install from the post installation selection and select install packages > >>It then prompts me that it can't find packages/INDEX installation media may be of the wrong type. > > I back out of bsd and reboot uder dos > I have copied the file index > in uppercase >>INDEX<< > and in lowercase >>index<<. > always with the same error Don't use sysinstall. Get the system set up, fetch the packages, and use 'pkg_add' to add the packages. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major