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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:82 comp.os.386bsd.questions:17038 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!uunet!world!news.bu.edu!gw1.att.com!nntpa!bigtop!dacsgp01!rnt From: rnt@dacsgp01.dr.att.com (NN2410230-ThomasRN(DR7312)412) Subject: Re: 2nd request: How to install additional packages? Message-ID: <D5JzJB.qF@bigtop.dr.att.com> Sender: news@bigtop.dr.att.com (Netnews Administration Login) Nntp-Posting-Host: dacsgp01 Organization: ATT - GBCS Denver Labs References: <shamrock-1403951926120001@192.0.2.1> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 21:54:47 GMT Lines: 29 In article <shamrock-1403951926120001@192.0.2.1> shamrock@netcom.com (Lucky Green) writes: >After installing the bindist, I attempted to install the manpages. I used >/sbin/sysinstall as per the faq. The only two options that related to what >I wanted to do were "full install" and "fix-it" mode. Since I didn't want >to go through another full install, I chose fix-it mode. This got me back >to the diskpartioning screen. I don't want to do any partioning. How do I >get back to the menu that asks me what packages (bindist, manpages, game, >etc) I want to install without having to go through a complete reinstall >of FreeBSD? (I ended up doing this for the manpages, but I don't want to >have to do this for all future installs). Lucky, As a neophyte FreeBSD user, I hesitate to respond. But, there's enough Irish in me to go ahead and do it anyway. My install pooped out after expanding bindist. So, I rebooted, mounted the CDROM (mount_cd9660 /dev/mcd0a /mnt worked for me), and went fishing for files on the CD. I created a temporary directory under /usr and copied a directory over there (like manpages), ran the checksum program (do_cksum.sh), then changed extract.sh to executeable (chmod 777 extract.sh) and executed it. After doing a few directories this way, I stumbled across something under the tools directory that looks like it'll do this for you. Bob Thomas