From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 21: 4:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 796F037B408 for ; Wed, 8 May 2002 21:04:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hume ([12.239.165.26]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.27 201-229-121-127-20010626) with SMTP id <20020509040406.WSPP10136.rwcrmhc51.attbi.com@hume> for ; Thu, 9 May 2002 04:04:06 +0000 Message-ID: <001f01c1f70e$6a0686e0$32040101@hume> From: "Charles Pelletier" To: References: <3AF9E1E4.7BBA1B1A@verizon.net> Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 23:02:58 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG make sure /stand/sysinstall can find the index file maybe? i've had problems like that in the past and it seems that all i had to do was give the correct path for the index file. i usually install from burned discs and not official freebsd discs. --charlie pelletier --litmus(mp3.com/litmus) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Root" To: Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:33 PM Subject: /stand/sysinstall > The /stand/sysinstall program > states that the cdrom is not a freebsd cd or too old to be of use??? > > The cd was used to install freebsd 4.5 > > I can cd to the package directory and install programs but the > /stand/sysinstall program throws a fit! > > The mount comman I use: mount -r /cdrom > > thank You, > Douglas V. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message