Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 12:49:27 -0800 (PST) From: Steve Emmert <steve@emmert.com> To: Dave Walton <dwalton@psiint.com> Cc: "Adam.Strohl." <thomas.strohl@valley.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Post CD-ROM Adding Of Packages Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960130124639.240A-100000@free.emmert.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91.960130075308.46486C-100000@vv.psiint.com>
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On Tue, 30 Jan 1996, Dave Walton wrote: > On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Adam.Strohl. wrote: > > > I did the original install off of the CD, and now want to add additional > > packages (such as XFree86), but when I run /stand/sysinstall and tell > > it to do an add package (using the menu) it says that it can't load the > > index file. I can browse the CD-Rom Drive , using mount, and it seems > > ok from the shell, just that the install menu doesn't see its thier I > > guess, please help, thanx in advance !!!! > > I've run into the same problem: After installation, sysinstall can't > find the packages when you specify CD-ROM as the install media. The > work-around I've found is to mount the CD (in /cdrom, for me) and then > tell sysinstall to install the packages from an existing file system, > giving it /cdrom as the path. That done, it works fine. > > Of course, this doesn't solve the underlying problem of accessing the > CD directly with sysinstall. Anyone got a better solution? > > Dave > > ========================================================================== > David Walton Programmer > PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com > 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 > Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 > ========================================================================== > > Have you guys tried /usr/sbin/pkg_manage? --Steve Steve Emmert steve@emmert.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by FreeBSD -- The Daemon is FREE!!!
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