Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:20:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Casey Jones <sjones@nvl.army.mil> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from writable cdrom? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960430171900.2520E-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <m0uE0Bt-0002nYC@phantom>
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On Mon, 29 Apr 1996, Casey Jones wrote: > I had a friend write the 2.1.0-release directory tree and packages > to a cdrom for me, but am having trouble installing. It says it can't find > any dists files? I was wondering if there were any other ways to specify > where to install from or a suggestion on what to use for ufs? I've tried > /dev/cd0/2.1.0-release, but it doesn't seem to want to look at the cdrom > drive. What does the directory tree on the CD look like? My guess is that it was written wrong. The dist directories (/bin, et al) should be on the CD's top level directory. After that, you should be able to install by selecting the "CDROM" install media. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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