Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 12:44:54 +0100 From: bryan@connect.net To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Missing installation files/links? Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19971024124454.00921ba0@connect.net>
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<bigger><bigger><bigger> I recently tried to send the freebsd 2.2.2 files to my laptop and had some problems. I first installed TranXit Pro(laplink)software on my Win95 box that has an ide hard drive with an ide cd-rom. I then took a parallel laplink cable and connected it to my laptop which has an ide hard drive(no cd-rom)and is also running win 95 with the TranXit Pro software. I copied the basic folders from the walnut creek cd-rom via laplink to the dos partition on my laptop. I booted from the FreeBSD floppy on my laptop and successfully installed FreeBSD 2.2.2(including X-server) from the existing dos partition which contained the basic distribution files. I used the boot-easy feature so that either os's can be booted on startup. The system seems to boot up fine. I ran <bold>/stand/systinstall</bold> and copied the proper files for X-setup from my dos-partition. I then ran <bold>XF86config</bold> and properly set up the X-server for my video card(Cirrus Logic) and laptop-active matrox screen. However when I issue the command <bold>startx</bold> the system tells me ld.so failed: Can't find shared library libXmu.so.6.0. I called Walnut Creek cd-rom technical support and they told me that some symbolic links could have been messed up when I sent the freeBSD folders via dos partitions. The shared library libXmu.so.6.0 is not on my system at all. Tech-support told me to boot from the freeBSD boot floppy on my laptop again and re-install. When I got to the part that asked what kind of media I would be installing from I chose parallel laplink cable hence nfs. My win95 box has the laplink software running. FreeBSD asks me what is the name of the host nfs that I will be installing from via parallel cable. I typed host:/cd0/dists.=20 I tried several different syntaxes or pathnames. It could'nt find the host(tech support didn't seem to know the correct syntax either). I might of not typed in the correct pathname. What is the correct pathname for installing to a laptop from an ide cdrom on a dos partition from another computer with the cdrom drive letter being D? I exited installation because I didn't have a medium. Can I import these shared library files or symbolic links that I might be missing into my existing FreeBSD system?(Tech support didnt seem to know how to do this). If not, do I need FreeBSD laplink software running in the FreeBSD installation to extract the files from the cd-rom on the other computer? Is there an easier way to safely transfer all of the installation files to my laptop? =09 Thanks,=09 Bryan Hinton =20 </bigger></bigger></bigger>
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