Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:12:48 -0500 (EST) From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> To: chuck yahrling <yahrling@cybertours.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: 2.1.5 CD set Message-ID: <XFMail.971121081915.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> In-Reply-To: <2.2.32.19971121124435.0091a69c@pop3.cybertours.com>
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Chuck, On 21-Nov-97 chuck yahrling wrote: >At long last I'm attempting to configure the 2.1.5 version on an intel P75. >I'm using a SCSI CDROM drive that seems to be working OK, but after >selecting various packages, such as SAMBA or the HTML docs, I get errors >saying that the package can't be found on the installation media (CD in this >case.) I can't speak to this :( >The rest of the install goes fine - that is, I get a good, basic text-based >install that boots, hosts FTP over ethernet, etc. What I don't get is a lot >of the packages I wanted. So where do I get them? I've looked at the ftp >site(s) and when I drill down to the directories, I see very small text >files, but no TAR, GZ or other binary archives. I'm guessing that I don't >understand the way FreeBSD is distributed..... :^( I'm willing to RTFM but >being that I'm a newbie (and certainly spoiled by Windows InstallShield >wizards) I'm having a hard time finding the how-to docs. Take a look at the ports collection: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html and also read http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports.html Basically those small text files are all you need. You copy them to your machine, untar them (tar -xzf xxx.tar). Change directories (cd) into it and type make install. You get even more spoiled by this. It goes out and downloads all the *stuff* and installs it. *sweet* >I'm tempted to go for one of the new 4-CD sets (2.5.5?) but don't want to >get my hopes up, especially if the jumpstart docs are as spartan as the ones >on the 2.1.5 CDs I have. I really want to make this work, so where do I >find primers that tell me basic stuff like how to launch Xfree86, how to >logout (quit, exit, ctrl-c, ctrl-z don't seem to work) etc? And is the new >set really going to be easier? And is it available now (website sez mid >December?) Read the handbook on the web site as well as the primers/tutorials. They are under the Documentation section on www.freebsd.org. 2.2.5 is out on CD. I've had mine for 2 weeks+. And it gets easier all the time. With the CD set, you can have a running X-Windows FreeBSD machine running in about 1 hour. Patrick Gardella
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