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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Nadav Eiron wrote:

> > I do not have a reliable ISP connection, my ISP is slow and keep 
> > cutting off my connection from time to time.

check your timeout values; and do not forget that you can 'continue'
a broken of ftp session. See the man pages (and those of fetch!) for
more details.

Dw.
 
> > I can ftp individual "Packages" collection ( e.g. apache1.3b3.tgz ) 
> > from the Freebsd site.
> > 
> > Is there a way for me to manually install each .tgz file?
> 
> Sure. Just use pkg_add, like so:
> pkg_add apache1.3b3.tgz
> (as root)
> 
> > 
> > *****************************************************
> > 
> > Tim Yeung
> > DCIEM, Simulation and Training
> > Fax:416-635-2104          Chat:pcsim23.dciem.dnd.ca
> > http://www.dciem.dnd.ca   mailto:tyeung@dciem.dnd.ca
> > 
> > *****************************************************
> > 
> Nadav
> 
> 

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