Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 01:03:15 -0500 From: David Banning <david@skytracker.ca> To: Sukhbinder Singh <sukhbinders@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation Message-ID: <20030403010315.A32901@skytrackercanada.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY2-DAV68RsnhvDbDz00059004@hotmail.com>; from sukhbinders@hotmail.com on Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:38:15PM %2B0800 References: <BAY2-DAV68RsnhvDbDz00059004@hotmail.com>
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> My question was how can one install more distribution from the > root directory when the first initial installation was only the > required \bin distribution. if now I want to install the games port or > distribution how can I install it. Firstly, I do not have this games > port downloaded into my FreeBSD partition yet. I need to do this. How > can I download the FreeBSD games port/distribution or the crypto > port/distrbution which is in my dos partition (hard disk) from being > logged in the root directory in FreeBSD. Can one explain this please. > Because I do not have this distributions in my FreeBSD partitions yet. > I need to copy them or download them from my harddisk in the dos > partition or from windows '95 that I am using. How did you get the /bin distribution installed? via cdrom? Does this FreeBSD box have an internet connection, and if so, is it dialup or high-speed?
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