Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 16:53:54 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: me <me@corecom.net> Cc: questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Missing file XF86-CX.TGZ Message-ID: <19970829165354.58678@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970828230823.3028A-100000@MASTER.my.domain>; from me on Thu, Aug 28, 1997 at 11:10:03PM -0800 References: <19970829152703.17190@lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970828230823.3028A-100000@MASTER.my.domain>
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On Thu, Aug 28, 1997 at 11:10:03PM -0800, me wrote: > 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 suppose it's possible, depending on where it fails. But if you have a poor network connection, you might find it better to ftp the stuff first. If the connection breaks (which happens *far* too often), you can at least restart where you left off with the 'reget' command. To do this, you need to have at least the base system installed, of course. > I had to get the CD because of poor connections. Hmm. Maybe it's just because of my distance from the nearest ftp site, coupled with the slow speed and cost of Internet services, but I don't really consider ftp installation a serious way to do things. For most people, it's more expensive than the CD-ROM. Greg
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