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Date:      Sun, 23 Jun 2002 16:03:38 +0000
From:      "Ganesh Kumar" <al_ganesh@hotmail.com>
To:        wmoran@potentialtech.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Urgent - ports install error - pls help !
Message-ID:  <F2685HmWjlB9FjIKqCe0001fb4a@hotmail.com>

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>From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>
>Do you have a net connection from this machine?  It looks like you're 
>unable
>to connect to the Internet to download the necessary files.  mkisofs may be
>on the CD. Read this page and see if it helps you:
>http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html


No.I dont have a net connection to this machine.I just downloaded the 
mkisofs.tgz file from the ports directory of a freeBSD ftp site.Could some 
one let me know how to copy this file ?

My floppy drive is Sony - NEC clone.

/dev/fd0 doesnt work(tried all the combinations).


regards
Ganesh Kumar






>To: Ganesh Kumar <al_ganesh@hotmail.com>
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>Subject: Re: Urgent -  ports install error - pls help !
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>Ganesh Kumar wrote:
>>Hi,
>>I am unable to install the ports in my machine.When I use the
>>/cdrom/ports/install.sh it seems to install everything but when I give ,
>
>No, installing that does not install everything.  It only installs "config"
>files that explain to the system how to get the necessary files and install
>them.
>If you wanted to install EVERYTHING for all the ports, you would need mucho
>gigabytes.
>
>># cd /usr/ports/sysutils/mkisofs
>>#make
>>
>>I get,"Fetching from ftp://...".mkisofs.tgz not found in
>>/usr/ports/distfile.
>
>Do you have a net connection from this machine?  It looks like you're 
>unable
>to connect to the Internet to download the necessary files.  mkisofs may be
>on the CD. Read this page and see if it helps you:
>http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html
>
>--
>Bill Moran
>Potential Technologies
>http://www.potentialtech.com
>




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