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Date:      Mon, 15 Nov 1999 08:20:05 +0100
From:      Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se>
To:        Francisco Reyes <fran@reyes.somos.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: sysinstall not installing XFree
Message-ID:  <19991115082005.D18274@sr.se>
In-Reply-To: <199911150335.WAA01967@sanson.reyes.somos.net>
References:  <199911150335.WAA01967@sanson.reyes.somos.net>

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On Sun, Nov 14, 1999 at 10:35:29PM -0500, Francisco Reyes wrote:
> I am trying to install XFree. From sysinstall I first tried to install from ftp. I used a custom 
> distribution and selected all the components I wanted from Xfree, selected FTP as media and tried commit. 
> I got a blue screen for about 30 seconds and then it asked if I wanted to go to the configuration screen.
> 
> Tried to install from the 3.3 release. After it complained it didn't match I instructed it to use the Cd 
> anyway. I got the same a blue screen and the question about the configuration screen.
> 
> I am trying to install from ports, but it would have been much simpler/easier/quicker if I could have 
> installed from the CD. Even if the CD didn't have the latest version I would have preferred that.
> 

On the CD's you have got the .tgz files that you can install with pkg_add

And please wrap you mailer lines to something like 70 os so. Your mail
looks terrible when read in a decent mailer.

> Is the sysinstall on stable looking for a newer version of XFree than the one in 3.3 CD?
> 
> 
> 
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