Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 12:20:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Blue Temp <cbeverly@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dos partitions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971112122002.440F-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34639A9C.BF81AFE9@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Blue Temp wrote: > I am wondering if there is anyway to install ports from a dos > partiton. For instance I am having problems with getting the ppp program > to run. Put have perl background so I have been pulling my hair out to > get perl into the D: partition that is allocated for freebsd. I can only > get online from my windows partition so I can't get the programs into > the unix area of the HD.. Yes. Download the distribution file(s) and place them in /usr/ports/distfiles; the port will pick them up automatically. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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