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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!mr.net!winternet.com!visi.com!usenet From: Guy Gustavson <bigfoot@visi.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can't add additional packages post 2.1 install Date: Tue, 30 Jan 1996 16:14:39 -0600 Organization: Vector Internet Services, Inc. Lines: 16 Message-ID: <310E984F.446B9B3D@visi.com> References: <4ell19$rb@lard.ftp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigfoot.visi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0b6a (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) Shishir Belbase wrote: > > I have installed FreeBSD 2.1 about 5 times now via the CDROM > and the network but I keep running into the same problem. > After the installation, I can't add new patches or tools > through the SYSINSTALL utility. It brings the INDEX and lists > all the packages correctly but when I select the packages and > say OK, it comes back with: > > " can't fetch ....<filename> " > > Any thoughts would be helpful. Thank you. You need to mount /dev/<your cdrom driver> -- "It's not my goddamned planet, understand monkey boy?!?" -John Bigboote'