Need info on installing packages

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Frank A. Herda, C.M.H. <fherda@herda.com>
Date
6 Feb 1997 06:42:56
Subject
Need info on installing packages
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19970206144231.AAA28846@dcro6.dcro.dla.mil

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The problem that I am having is:

1. I finaly got freebsd 2.1.6 up and running. Had an inital problem with
it recgonising my smc8216c nic card, but it does now and I have
connectivity.

2. I had copied the dist directory to an msdos partian which I used to do
the installation. Worked fine.

3. When trying to install the selected packages, it says that it can not
find them from the same ms-dos partian. The files are there but freebsd
can seem to find them.

4. So I said to myself I got internet conectivity so I'll try doing the
package installs thru ftp. After freebsd logs in to ftp.freebsd.org it
says that it can not find the realease-2-1-6 directory. This is using the
update menu from /stand/sysinstall.

5. Anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

6. Can I just extract the application from it gzip format, copy it into a
temporary directory in a freebsd partian an run make install?

7. Is there a menuing system for system administration ou there anywhere?

Thanks for helping me! Thank God for mail lists!



Col. Frank A. Herda, C.M.H.
(216)479-7989 Voicemail/Pager
http://www.herda.com



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