Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 20:05:19 -0700 (MST) From: Ivan Fetch <ivanfetch@technologist.com> To: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Cc: Jackson Donadel <fatboy@linuxbr.com.br>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iso from linuxberg.com Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004302004460.1019-100000@oak.ivanfetch.tzo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004302047210.390-100000@stimpy.sasknow.com>
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Hi,
Ok I thought you were saying that NO packages were included on the
first CD.
Thanks for the clarification - sorry for the misunderstanding.
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Ryan Thompson wrote:
> Ivan Fetch wrote to Ryan Thompson:
>
> > Hi,
> > Although I have not tried installing packages from
> > /stand/sysinstall, what about the packages in /cdrom/packages/* (which are
> > on the CD)? AM I mis-understanding you Ryan?
> >
> > Thanks - Ivan.
>
> Hi Ivan,
>
> /cdrom/packages/* certainly won't contain ALL the FreeBSD packages (they
> occupy somewhat more space than one CD can hold)... But packages in that
> directory (with extension .tgz) can be added manually with pkg_add(1).
>
> Using the syntax ...
>
> pkg_add /cdrom/packages/some_package.tgz
>
> ... should install any package that is there.
>
> However, as long as there is a package INDEX in that CDROM directory
> (there should be!), you can select "File System" as your installation
> media, and specify a path of /cdrom/ (NOT /cdrom/packages/). There will
> be a few important packages there. For a more complete (and recent!)
> list, you should probably still use FTP as your media type and grab
> packages from ftp.freebsd.org (or your nearest mirror), as I mentioned in
> my previous messsage.
>
> Virtually yours,
> - Ryan Thompson
>
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> Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161
>
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