From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 14 11:47: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.utexas.edu (wb2-a.mail.utexas.edu [128.83.126.136]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 74C2B14D0D for ; Wed, 14 Jul 1999 11:46:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu) Received: (qmail 26445 invoked by uid 0); 14 Jul 1999 18:46:23 -0000 Received: from pmcl-pc21.ph.utexas.edu (HELO pmclp21.ph.utexas.edu) (128.83.155.131) by umbs-smtp-2 with SMTP; 14 Jul 1999 18:46:23 -0000 X-Sender: kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.2 Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 13:44:46 -0500 To: "WangLei Lisa (Nokia/Beijing)" From: Kevin Weiss Subject: Re: Why I can't install DES on my FreeBSD 2.27? Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199907140942.MAA11461@mgw-i2.ntc.nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <19990714184657.74C2B14D0D@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 05:40 PM 7/14/99 +0300, you wrote: >Dear sir, > >We're using FreeBSD 2.2.7, and we need to configure this host as NIS client. >So I need to install DES, right? > >I downloaded every file in >ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2.7-RELEASE/des with netscape >4.5, and ftp to my FreeBSD with the corresponding mode(eg. ascii for >install.sh and binary for des.aa), then I type >#sh install.sh > >but it gives me such info: > ---------------------------------------------------- >...... >gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated >tar: child returned status 1 >tar: not found in archive >...... > --------------------------------------------------- >So can you point out a way for me to install DES? > >Thank you very much. > >Wang lei > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > A Real easy way would just be /stand/sysinstall...assuming you have the 2.2.7 CD. If you don't have it...I can send you my 2.2.7 Set. I have 3.1, so I haven't used those CD's (and don't plan to anymore) for a long time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message