From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 12 13:28:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA10455 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:28:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from seabass.progroup.com (catfish.progroup.com [206.24.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id NAA10450 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:28:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from craig@tuna.progroup.com) Received: from ProGroup.COM (tuna.progroup.com [206.24.122.5]) by seabass.progroup.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA23204 for ; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:28:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by ProGroup.COM (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA16260; Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:27:46 -0800 From: craig@tuna.progroup.com (Craig W. Shaver) Message-Id: <199711122127.NAA16260@ProGroup.COM> Subject: Re: setting up /usr/ports/distfiles to fetch from cdrom To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 13:27:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <199711121317.HAA19975@nospam.hiwaay.net> from "David Kelly" at Nov 12, 97 07:17:14 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > You have to mount the CDROM at one directory, say /cdrom > > then make a link directory of distfiles directory of cdrom > > to /usr/ports/distfiles. Such as: > > mount -t cd9660 /dev/wcd0 /cdrom > > ln /cdrom/.../distfiles /usr/ports/distfiles > > Think you'll need "ln -s /cdrom....." > > -- Actually I should have been more specific, and have taken some time to go through all of the cd's. I was trying to link it up the way it shows in the handbook, ln -s /cdrom/ports/distfiles into /usr/ports. I could not find ./ports/distfiles on the first 2 cd's. But there are "4" ("FOUR") cd's in the 2.2.5 distribution. I finally found a ./ports/distfiles on the cd that had a "documentation" title on the physical cd. I ln'd it up and it worked. -- Craig Shaver (craig@progroup.com) (415)390-0654 Productivity Group POB 60458 Sunnyvale, CA 94088