Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 07:53:07 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: commie@leland.Stanford.EDU (Franz Kafka) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Installing ports Message-ID: <199609261253.HAA21215@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.960926021306.18075A-100000@raptor2.Stanford.EDU> from "Franz Kafka" at Sep 26, 96 02:18:49 am
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In a previous message, Franz Kafka said: > > Hi > > I am running RedHat linux, and i was dumb enought to download their new > rembrandt version, and of course it didn't come with perl or colorls > or whois or anythign important. so i tried to install a FreeBSD version of > that software, but wehn i untarred the file i just got a directory copy of > your ftp site, and when i ran the makefile file i kept getting errors. > Of course, i am a very inexperienced user and might have been doing > something wrong, so could you please tell me how to install your port > programs (if it is possible at all to install them on a machine running > RedHat) Ports is just a structure of Makefiles and diffs to make the given program. If you want the actual version, there are 2 places to get them. First, ports/distfiles has the gzipped tar file, or look in the make file and it will tell you the machine and directory where you can find it. But, of course, this list will tell you that a better solution is FreeBSD. So... > I also tried reloading FreeBSD on my machine throught ftp, but for some > reason when it got the part "initializing network adapter ep0" (i have > 3c509 3com etherlink III card) it would just hang and after about 10 > minutes i jsut gave up. It would do so repetitevily, that's why i still > have RedHat instead of FreeBSD I seem to remember a problem with the 3c509 on FBSD 2.1.0R, but it can be gotten around via the config function in the boot floppy. There may have been a conflict or your card may be configured differently from the floppy. I'd suggest going into config (-c at the boot prompt), and disabling all devices that you don't have. Paul. -- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 NIC: PTR FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030
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