Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 23:32:32 +0100 From: Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz@wanadoo.es> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation instructions for Firefox somewhere? Message-ID: <42224A80.9010109@wanadoo.es> In-Reply-To: <936195408.20050227152751@wanadoo.fr> References: <20050226130211.4162005f.albi@scii.nl> <20050227045510.M67328@reiteration.net> <956914133.20050227100144@wanadoo.fr> <200502270835.07745.zettel@acm.org> <936195408.20050227152751@wanadoo.fr>
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Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Leonard Zettel writes: > > >>My own experiences have given me a definite bias toward using the >>ports system to compile stuff to be added to my system rather than >>going with the binary packages. I get the impression that many >>port maintainers who are fairly careful about keeping their port >>versions workable and patched only give a relative lick and promise >>to their packages. > > > Unfortunately, bugs in the handling of my SCSI disks prevent me from > doing anything that is disk-intensive without crashing the system, so > downloading the ports collection probably won't be possible. > Anthony, I understand your frustration. I think you should fix the SCSI problems before doing anything. The ports collection really works very well. Perhaps some experts here can help you with your SCSI. I am a FreeBSD novice ;-) Ramiro.
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