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Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:22:12 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: ValTech <valtech@caribnet.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.1.5 Packages MSDOS
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On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, ValTech wrote:

> How do i install the packages from a msdos partition?
> I've copied the packages directory from the cd to 
> a similar directory, booted freebsd, mounted the dos partition,
> then loaded the sysinstall and tried to install from a dos partition.

Uh, no.  Instead, copy those packages back to your FreeBSD partition,
restoring the filename to what it was previously, then pkg_add that.
Sysinstall won't add packages after the system is installed.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major