Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 19:22:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: ValTech <valtech@caribnet.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5 Packages MSDOS Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960824192126.218C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.93.960824231014.189A-100000@prop.caribnet.net>
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On Sat, 24 Aug 1996, ValTech wrote: > How do i install the packages from a msdos partition? > I've copied the packages directory from the cd to > a similar directory, booted freebsd, mounted the dos partition, > then loaded the sysinstall and tried to install from a dos partition. Uh, no. Instead, copy those packages back to your FreeBSD partition, restoring the filename to what it was previously, then pkg_add that. Sysinstall won't add packages after the system is installed. 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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