Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2002 12:28:12 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Ganesh Kumar <al_ganesh@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Urgent - ports install error - pls help ! Message-ID: <3D15F71C.8010601@potentialtech.com> References: <F2685HmWjlB9FjIKqCe0001fb4a@hotmail.com>
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Ganesh Kumar wrote: >> From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> >> Do you have a net connection from this machine? It looks like you're >> unable >> to connect to the Internet to download the necessary files. mkisofs >> may be >> on the CD. Read this page and see if it helps you: >> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html > > No.I dont have a net connection to this machine.I just downloaded the > mkisofs.tgz file from the ports directory of a freeBSD ftp site.Could > some one let me know how to copy this file ? > > My floppy drive is Sony - NEC clone. > > /dev/fd0 doesnt work(tried all the combinations). Is it an MS-DOS formatted floppy? Did you try mount_msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt What error message do you get when you try to mount it? Is there a fd0 device in the /dev directory? You may have to run MAKEDEV. If you look through dmesg output, do you see your floppy drive as probled and detected? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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