Date: Wed, 31 Jan 96 10:22:02 EST From: jeff@stat.uconn.edu (Jeffrey M. Metcalf) To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Packages installation from DOS floppy Message-ID: <9601311522.AA23302@ruddles.stat.uconn.edu>
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>From jeff Tue Jan 30 23:08:49 1996 To: risner@heathers.stdio.com Subject: Re: hum Cc: bugs@FreeBSD.org Content-Length: 1014 Status: RO Hi, I would like to install mtools. I need just a little help doing that. Right now I have a minimal installation and manual pages installed which is working fine. I want to run /stand/sysinstall as root and use the menu driven packages installation procedure. I have to install everything from floppy right now, so I put PACKAGES\index on the root directory of my floppy and the packages installation menu was built just fine. When I went under emulators and chose mtools, the utility told me that it was unable to find the files. I'm sure that it is because I haven't specified the paths relative to the floppy's root directory properly. Right now the DOS floppy has (Floppy root directory)\PORTS\EMULATORS\mtools\(various files and folders from CDROM distribution) which is parallel to (Floppy root directory)\PACKAGES\index) This does not work. Could you tell me the proper paths? And also, is this Packages installation utility case sensitive? My intuition is that it is not since the floppy files are in the DOS OS which isn't case sensitive. I have no internet connection or workable DOS partition so I cannot install mtools any other way than to use the DOS floppy and the /stand/sysinstall menu driven packages utility. Thanks, J. Metcalf
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