Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 00:19:41 -0400 From: Gary Chrysler <tcg@ime.net> To: ValTech <valtech@caribnet.net> Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5 Packages MSDOS Message-ID: <321FD45D.98E@ime.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960825030155.7327A-100000@prop.caribnet.net>
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ValTech wrote: > > How do I go about renaming all of the files to their corrrect file name? > and where do I put them? You can't access your CD from FreeBSD?? So copy them to a temporary dir on a Dos or FreeBSD drive as: filename.tgz cd to the directory that filename.tgz is in and run: pkg_add filename.tgz Heck you can copy them to a dos floppy, mount that floppy (as dos) under FreeBSD and run pkg_add on that floppy and it'll work! AFAIK The original name is not needed. it just needs a .tgz extension. > > On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, Doug White wrote: > > > On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, ValTech wrote: > > > > > How do i install the packages from a msdos partition? > > > I've copied the packages directory from the cd to > > > a similar directory, booted freebsd, mounted the dos partition, > > > then loaded the sysinstall and tried to install from a dos partition. > > > > Uh, no. Instead, copy those packages back to your FreeBSD partition, > > restoring the filename to what it was previously, then pkg_add that. > > Sysinstall won't add packages after the system is installed. > > > > Doug White | University of Oregon > > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > > > > -- -Enjoy Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improve America's Knowledge... Share yours The Borg... Where minds meet (207) 929-3848
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