Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 23:10:03 -0800 (AKDT) From: me <me@corecom.net> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Missing file XF86-CX.TGZ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970828230823.3028A-100000@MASTER.my.domain> In-Reply-To: <19970829152703.17190@lemis.com>
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On Fri, 29 Aug 1997, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Fri, Aug 29, 1997 at 01:20:20AM -0500, MR KEN L YOUNG wrote: > > I bought the Freebsd 2.2.2 CD rom and was using setup.exe > > to copy the files onto a DOS partition for installing. A message from > > setup.exe said file XF86-CX.TGZ was not found. I scanned the CD Rom > > and it was not on the CD. It would not let me continue the copy - I > > wanted to continue the copy and download the missing file if it was > > missing due to an error in the distrubution CD. What am I to do???? > > Always consider the DOS-based installation as a last resort. The > FreeBSD-based installation works much more smoothly. > > It's true that there is no file XF86-CX.TGZ on the CD-ROM. This isn't > a bug, though, it's a feature: the file names are longer and more > descriptive. Unfortunately, DOS can't handle them, so the > installation has to resort to trickery to install them at all. In > this case, I can't even guess which of the following files, all in the > directory XF8632, might be intended: > > X329NKV.tgz X32Ma64.tgz X32cfg.tgz X32lk98.tgz X329NS3.tgz X32Ma8.tgz > X32doc.tgz X32lkit.tgz X329SPW.tgz X32Mono.tgz X32f100.tgz X32man.tgz > X329TGU.tgz X32P9K.tgz X32fcyr.tgz X32nest.tgz X328514.tgz X329WEP.tgz > X32S3.tgz X32fnon.tgz X32prog.tgz X329480.tgz X329WS.tgz X32S3V.tgz > X32fnts.tgz X32ps.tgz X329EGC.tgz X329WSN.tgz X32SVGA.tgz X32fscl.tgz > X32set.tgz X329GA9.tgz X32AGX.tgz X32VG16.tgz X32fsrv.tgz X32vfb.tgz > X329GAN.tgz X32I128.tgz X32W32.tgz X32html.tgz X329LPW.tgz X32Ma32.tgz > X32bin.tgz X32lib.tgz > > You'll notice the mixed case in these names. This is significant. > > I would suggest one of two ways to solve your problem: > > 1. Make a boot floppy and install from FreeBSD. It's *much* less > prone to error. > 2. Install the rest of the system, and then install XFree86 manually > after you've rebooted. > > The first way is definitely the easiest. > > Greg > Is it possible/feasible to continue after a disconnect (as in Z modem)? I had to get the CD because of poor connections. Mike Operating Systems of CHOICE: FreeBSD (Unix) and OS/2 WARP me@corecom.net http://www.corecom.net/endsley/
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