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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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