From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 30 17:22:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA25748 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:22:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA25709 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:21:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id RAA02572; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:20:43 -0700 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:20:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Casey Jones cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing from writable cdrom? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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