Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 14:57:36 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> To: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> Cc: kapteyn@xs4all.nl, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BUGS ? in latest released distribution Message-ID: <20000718145735.A474@wop21.wop.wtb.tue.nl> In-Reply-To: <39736069.DA88772A@acuson.com>; from djohnson@acuson.com on Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 12:37:13PM -0700 References: <002001bff01e$24b6ad20$0a01a8c0@bms> <39736069.DA88772A@acuson.com>
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On Mon, Jul 17, 2000 at 12:37:13PM -0700, David Johnson wrote: > > kapteyn@xs4all.nl wrote: > > > > After trying and retrying using the "official" :-) distribution cd's > > from FreeBSD i found myself nowhere near a complete installation of > > freebsd. > > > > During install i got all kinds of messages saying thate.g. > > kdbase failed > > xbin failed > > ... > > I sometimes get this when I'm installing a package during the > installation process, but not afterwards. I would try installing these > one at a time after installation is complete, and in the proper order. > Look for missing dependency errors (if any) then install those missing > packages. > Reminds me that I have seen this kind of errors occasionally when a dependency is located on another CD of the set than is inserted. > > > Have there been wrong distibutions put onto ftp sites and distibution > > disks? > > I tried using FTP from friday untill sunday night. This costs me about > > 2-3$ per hour.wyxv > > ... > > I have put all kinds of questions into several newsgroups. Bu > > basically the answers are no good to me, as i am not able to put a > > good freebsd installation on my pc.... > > I would make sure that everything you are using is from the same > version. In my case, upgrading my ports tree caused weird problems when > I didn't first upgrade my base OS to STABLE. I have reluctantly resorted > to using just the packages from the CDs. > > It sounds like you have to pay quite a bit for your connection time, so > it might be worthwhile to actually purchase an official set of CDs from > BSDi, or even a cheap redistro from Cheapbytes or LinuxMall. > Since Kapteyn is located in nl: www.tienpiek.net has Linux and FreeBSD CD's for only 10 dutch guilders. However, I think you will get only the first CD of the set there (the iso-image that can be downloaded), which means that you won't get the packages that might be necessary for you to complete the KDE installation. So, that leaves the original set as a solution or trying via ftp (what went wrong there exactly?). FWIW, although I have a subscription on the CD set I prefer to install software via ports through a modem, since playing CD-jockey with the four CD's is driving me nuts... Karel. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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