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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: How do I install the source distribution, I've downloaded from and FTP site?
Date: 12 Sep 1996 11:08:21 +0100
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Matthew R Willis (willism@moon.flanet.com) wrote:
: How do I install my newly downloaded .src distribution, which I have
: stored on an MS-DOS partition?  pkg_install seems to require a tarred
: and zipped file, however the distribution is not compressed.

Run /stand/sysinstall :)

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Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....