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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!sundog.tiac.net!usenet From: bgparker@zork.tiac.net Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Installing FreeBSD 2.0 & XFree 3.1 Date: Sun, 29 Jan 95 17:43:02 PDT Organization: The Internet Access Company Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3gh63b$ntq@sundog.tiac.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bgparker.tiac.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: NEWTNews & Chameleon -- TCP/IP for MS Windows from NetManage I'm currently installing FreeBSD in favour of Linux. There is a point in the installation where I can install various bits and pieces including XFree 3.1. Everything goes smoothly until I try to install XFree 3.1. The message 'checking checksums', or something like that, appears followed by an 'Extracting. Please wait'. And wait I do. Nothing happens even after an hour passes. No disc activity no nothing. I can cancel the installation with a Control C. I am installing from the Walnut Creek CD ROM and have created a partition /usr/X11R6 with 50 Mbs using the device labeling procedure. Whats going on? Can I install XFree3.1 if I now log in as 'root' and just run the 'extract.sh' shell or do I need to start again and change some partition sizes. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.