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From: pall@cs.ait.ac.th (Mano Pallewatta)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: sysinstall
Date: 20 Jan 1995 01:56:08 GMT
Organization: AIT, Thailand
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Kurt Selko (selkokc96@cadetmail.usafa.af.mil) wrote:
: I've been trying to install XFree86 off of the local 
: LAN, but the sysinstall utility keeps starting over
: from scratch.  How can I go about installing a package or 
: add-on through sysinstall?

: FreeBSD is running off of 'wd1'
: 386DX40
: 8 MEGS

: There is plenty of room on the hard drive.  It just wants
: to reformat my disk to install a new package.

Use bininst in /stand .
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