Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 11:36:42 +0200 (IST) From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Sergio Martinez <serg@stic.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970207113538.2283A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> In-Reply-To: <19970206232433234.AAA188@serg.stic.net>
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On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Sergio Martinez wrote: > To whom it may concern, > my question is about the packages collection on the FreeBSD 2.1.6 release > on CD-ROM. My quad speed is not presently supported by Freebsd. I would > like to install some of the packages without having to copy the whole dir. > (almost 400M) since I don't have that much free space. Is there a way to > install just selected packages? If so, which files and directories need to > be on the DOS partition? Also, can I just use the sysinstall program to do > it or do I have to boot from the floppy. The reason I ask is that I seem to > be able to use sysinstall for a distribution off the floppy but not from > the partition. I get a not available on media you have selected "message" > even though the distribution on the DOS partition is exactly as the one on > the floppy. All help and information would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks..... > > Sergio > serg@stic.net > Just copy whatever file you need. The package collection has a single tar file for each package. You'll want to copy it again from the DOS partition into a FreeBSD partition and give it back its original file name, and then use pkg_add to install it. Nadav
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