Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 17:15:41 -0400 From: Porter@castlegate.net (Chris Porter) To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, <porter@castlegate.net> Subject: Port Installation Problems? Message-ID: <001901bd89b4$9afe0820$73c9a8cf@tech-machine.castlegate.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BD8993.138F5400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I purchased the FreeBSD 2-cd set a year or so ago and it has worked fine = with one exception: When I install ports into /usr/ports they don't = actually run. I just get a directory with the same name as the port I = was trying to install with sub-directories like CVS, pkg, files and the = like. I have tried to MAKE the program, but I always get the message = that the file is up to date. I have also been unable to get the Boot = Manager to activate when I install it from a Windows 95-based system. = Any suggestions? Please respond to this address as I am not subscribed = to any FreeBSD mailing lists at this time. Thanks in advance, Chris Porter General Tech and Web Programmer at castlegate.net ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BD8993.138F5400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.2106.6"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I purchased the FreeBSD 2-cd set a = year or so=20 ago and it has worked fine with one exception: When I install ports into = /usr/ports they don't actually run. I just get a directory with the same = name as=20 the port I was trying to install with sub-directories like CVS, pkg, = files and=20 the like. I have tried to MAKE the program, but I always get the message = that=20 the file is up to date. I have also been unable to get the Boot Manager = to=20 activate when I install it from a Windows 95-based system. Any = suggestions?=20 Please respond to this address as I am not subscribed to any FreeBSD = mailing=20 lists at this time.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Chris Porter</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>General Tech and Web Programmer at=20 castlegate.net</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BD8993.138F5400-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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