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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 1998 22:09:34 +1100
From:      "Eddie Irvine" <eirvine@tpgi.com.au>
To:        "spork" <sporkl@dti.net>, "Cliff Roman" <white@wavetech.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: New User to FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <01bd404b$85cbe920$a81a1acb@gretchen>

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-----Original Message-----
From: Spike Gronim <spork@dti.net>
To: Cliff Roman <white@wavetech.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Date: Monday, 23 February 1998 12:00
Subject: Re: New User to FreeBSD


>> I am sorry.. but I did not know who I could send this to...


This is the right newsgroup. Nothing to be sorry for,
we were all newbies once!

>> Also.. I am trying to run a few ports. I have gone in and installed them

>You have to mount the 4th cdrom before you can install ports, or it will
>try to fetch them off the net. 
>the ports are on CD 4.

Put cdrom 4 into the rom drive and type
"mount /cdrom"

A "make all install" should now work.

Good luck.



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