Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 18:24:21 -0800 From: "Michael A. Endsley" <me@corecom.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: directory for distributions? Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970819182421.006c4ed8@pop.corecom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970818213614.2488H-100000@localhost> References: <3.0.2.32.19970818165623.006ab350@pop.corecom.net>
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At 09:37 PM 8/18/97 -0700, you wrote: >On Mon, 18 Aug 1997, Michael A. Endsley wrote: Well, I did that, then got the dreaded "warning". From what I have read, that is when you umount and "never go back". Is that because I have a 1.6gig HD and the geometry is different between dos/bsd? If so, guess I have the extra CD from my 2.2.1-R CD for nothing? Thanks for your help, Mike > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> I have searched, read, and tried about everything. When installing from a >> DOS partition, where do I copy the files to from the CD (2.2.1-R)? >> I have tried "C:\freebsd\distribution\all", "C:\freebsd\all", "C:\all", >> "C:\". I have also included the INDEX file in each scenario, but when I >> get to >> /stand/sysinstall, the program can't find the files. To install the os, I used >> the "view-setup" routine which worked great, but I can't find where to add >> any of the packages from "setup". > >For installing packages, it's easier to boot into FreeBSD, mount up your >CD or DOS slice, copy the package names over to the UNIX filesystem, >reinstating the full filename, then run 'pkg_add package-num.tgz' to >install them. > >Doug White | University of Oregon >Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant >http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major >Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo > > >
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