Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
I went through the same problem. I think what you are refering to is that you are not quite sure how to start netscape or emacs. Although you have installed it in your system, you are not certain where it is right? Well, the ports system should place whatever programs you install in your PATH. So, the command you would use to find out where netscape or emacs is installed is: bash$- whereis emacs bash$- whereis netscape that should tell you where emacs or netscape. But if you HAVE installed them and they are in your path then they should just start when you type emacs or netscape Hopefully this helps Rohit On Thursday 12 June 2003 20:51, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: Hello, I had downloaded the program files into my local disk running freebsd but I am not able to run them. For, example I need to run emacs or netscape I cannot run them. Can someone please tell the steps of what I need to do in order to install these programs. They have been downloaded and is in my local harddisk. Any help will be helpful. Thanks Singh. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
Hello, I had downloaded the program files into my local disk running freebsd but I am not able to run them. For, example I need to run emacs or netscape I cannot run them. Can someone please tell the steps of what I need to do in order to install these programs. They have been downloaded and is in my local harddisk. Any help will be helpful. Thanks Singh. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
Sukhbinder Singh wrote: Hello, I had downloaded the program files into my local disk running freebsd but I am not able to run them. For, example I need to run emacs or netscape I cannot run them. Can someone please tell the steps of what I need to do in order to install these programs. They have been downloaded and is in my local harddisk. Any help will be helpful. Read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html If that doesn't answer your question, then please ask again with more detail. It's difficult to understand exactly what you're doing from the description you provide. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
I was unable to upload the pkg directory, but I see in the directory there were many programs installed. I am unable to run any of them. like for example i cannot run elm either. I should just be able to run it by typing elm at the prompt but I am getting an error message. any help will be helpful. --Singh. - Original Message - From: E. J. Cerejo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 1:41 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation Please run this command: ls -d /var/db/pkg ~/installed_pkgs.txt this will create a test file in your home directory of all installed ports, please paste the contents, I wanna see what you have installed. Sukhbinder Singh wrote: I typed xf86config and the system took me to a step of X configuration and the updated the config file in the X11 directory. However, when I typed startx at the command prompt. It gives me a lengthy message where some of the important part of the messeage read as fatal server error, no screen found and X window system failed to run. any help in troubleshooting this will be helpful. -Singh - Original Message - From: E. J. Cerejo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jud [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 6:58 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation You need to configure XFfree86 before attepting to run it, run xf86config to configure and then stype startx. Jud wrote: On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 23:00:52 +0800, Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the port, packages and the distributions that I needed. However, I am unable to run these packages. Like for instances, I want to run the X - Windows environment. I am unable to run it. I went to the specific directory for example the XFree86 - 4 directory and typed make make install clean at the command prompt but however I am unable to get the X - windows environment running. If this means ppp is working for you now, that's certainly good news. What was the result of trying to build the XFree86-4 port? Was there an error message or not? If there was no error, you will next need to configure XFree86 for your system. (By the way, 'make install clean' will do what you want, without the need of the first 'make.') Jud ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 05:44:20PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: what do I type at the place for default: # or name_of_service_provider in These are just names for your ppp to lookup what entries to pay attention to. If you fire ppp with the simple command ppp it will execute the entries after default. On the other hand, if you want to execute another set of settings for ppp, you could put them after another name that you make up. So I could make active the settings after pppoe: by executing; # ppp -ddial -nat pppoe or # ppp -ddial -nat default would execute the settings after default: or if no name is given, like; # ppp -ddial then it goes to the settings under default: default: # or name_of_service_provider set device PPPoE:rl0 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device set mru 1492 set mtu 1492 set authname whatever set authkey whatever set log Phase tun command # you can add more detailed logging if you wish set dial set login set ifaddr 209.188.66.29 206.221.248.4 add default HISADDR nat enable yes # if you want to enable nat for your local net pppoe: set device PPPoE:rl0 set mru 1492 set mtu 1492 set speed sync enable lqr disable vjcomp set lqrperiod 5 set cd 5 set dial set login set timeout 0 set authname whatever set authkey whatever set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 add default HISADDR my ppp.conf file. and also what do I type for the set ifaddr field in the I would copy the one from my pppoe example above. ppp.conf file. and where do I type the IP address for my ISP provider or the DNS for my ISP provider or the telephone number for my ISP. There has to be For DSL there is no phone number. You just need your login and password. Providing you do -not- have a IP static address your box will find out what the IP address is during the negotiation. The details of your ppp connection are in /var/log/ppp.log You can monitor the connection with tail -f /var/log/ppp.log a place where I need to type all this information or else how is the xDSL modem is going to contact or connect with my ISP. Any help will be helpful. All the information goes in your ppp.conf, that is, your login and your password. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
what do I type at the place for default: # or name_of_service_provider in my ppp.conf file. and also what do I type for the set ifaddr field in the ppp.conf file. and where do I type the IP address for my ISP provider or the DNS for my ISP provider or the telephone number for my ISP. There has to be a place where I need to type all this information or else how is the xDSL modem is going to contact or connect with my ISP. Any help will be helpful. thanks, Singh. - Original Message - From: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 02:42:47PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: I am using a fast ethernet network card with an external xDSL modem. In that case you should be well on your way. Check out that page; http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html To find out your network device try dmesg | more and you should find an entry like, in my case; rl0: RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX port 0x9000-0x90ff mem 0xde00-0xdeff ir q 10 at device 11.0 on pci0 The rl0 in my case is what goes in your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf in the line; set device PPPoE:xl1 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device Here is my ppp.conf file, less my login and password; default: # or name_of_service_provider set device PPPoE:rl0 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device set mru 1492 set mtu 1492 set authname mylogin set authkey mypassword set log Phase tun command # you can add more detailed logging if you wish set dial set login set ifaddr 209.188.66.29 206.221.248.4 add default HISADDR nat enable yes # if you want to enable nat for your local net The ifaddr line would not be suitable for you because I have a static IP, and that address is mine. Instead use the one from the FreeBSD page. I fire up ppp with the following command; /usr/sbin/ppp -quiet -ddial -nat default initially, you can do it manually. enter ppp as root. then type dial. The ppp prompt should gradually go to upper case. When all three P's are upper case then you should be running. A good way to know if you are connected is by using ping; ping -c 5 64.58.79.230 (that IP belongs to yahoo, but any will do.) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
Finally, I got the /games distribution downloaded to my freebsd. This was done through uploading it from my dos partition like I did for my initial freebsd installation for the /bin distribution. I am still unable to get a network connection up and running. I am not using a dial - up networking like I was in the past. Currently, I am using the xDSL modem using a ADSL connection to my ISP. Will I still be able to connect to the net via ppp or do I need a different method of connection from FreeBSD. Currently, when I start ppp on the command prompt, the FreeBSD system takes me to a new window and indicates like :- ppp started on Foo all p's in lowercase. Then, after a few seconds it says Warning: the original logon script has failed. How can this problem be resolved. Any help will be helpful. Singh. - Original Message - From: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:25:50PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: I got the bin distribution installed at the first time when I installed this whole new FreeBSD into my computer for the very first time using the 2 image floppy disk. First, I tried installing them using ftp. However, I was unable to connect or start a ftp connection after successive tries. Then, I copied the bin distibution from the /bin folder from the ftp.freebsd.org site into my harddisk and when I started the installation program, when the installation program prompted me for the type of installation method that I want to use I choose to install using dos partition method. Then in this way the FreeBSD Installation program automatically went to the dos partition and downloaded the bin directory. Now, I am unable to get to the screen where it will allow me to choose the kinds of distributions that I need to install and the kind of installation method that I want to use such as installing via ftp, dos partition, floopies ,etc . Do I need to use the 2 floopies (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp) again this time or can I just pop up this installation window from root itself ? I mean do I have to go through the step of what I went through at the time when I first set up freebsd into my system, like booting the computer using the 2 floppies images that one copies to first install freebsd or can I now just do it from the root. I need to know the command how can I download the /games distribution or the /crypto distribution which I have in my Hard Disk but it is in the dos partition side. Once I can copy these files from the dos partition to the freebsd partition then I can obviously install them. But now these files or distribution exist but it is in my dos partition and not in my FreeBSD partition. I am not sure if I can just install them from the dos partition itself or do I need to copy them from the dos partition side to the FreeBSD partition and then install them in the FreeBSD partition. Any help will be helpful. We need to establish whether you have a system up and running or not. The floppies aside, can you boot into a working FreeBSD system? If so, I suggest the next best thing to do is get your internet connection working. Only -then- can you connect the server and download anything you want. You are interested in the games distribution. I don't know how familiar you are with FreeBSD. I have not explored all of the games by far, but what I have seen vary trememdously from say, windows or dos based games. Many games are very simple, often ascii based. Others are more complex and may require that you have X running on your system. You have to deal with one thing at a time. First get your base system up and operating, then get your ppp connection working. Once you are connected to the net you can learn how to use cvsup. -Then- you can cvsup the ports which -includes- the games. Once you have done this you can compile and install games pretty easily. If you want to install any graphics based games, you will need XFree86 installed. That is another mini-project. It is a little easier if you have the cdroms for installation. Keep in mind that for someone interest in exploring games, it is a -long- curve of learning to get there for simply that purpose. Most people installing FreeBSD are learning it for professional or education purposes. You really have to enjoy the process of learning the system, understanding one area of the system at a time. Keep posting to the list, as other may have input that is helpful. Good luck. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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- Original Message - From: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:52:53PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: Finally, I got the /games distribution downloaded to my freebsd. This was done through uploading it from my dos partition like I did for my initial freebsd installation for the /bin distribution. I am still unable to get a network connection up and running. I am not using a dial - up networking like I was in the past. Currently, I am using the xDSL modem using a ADSL connection to my ISP. Will I still be able to connect to the net via ppp or do I need a different method of connection from FreeBSD. Currently, when I start ppp on the command prompt, the FreeBSD system takes me to a new window and indicates like :- ppp started on Foo all p's in lowercase. Then, after a few seconds it says Warning: the original logon script has failed. How can this problem be resolved. Any help will be helpful. Is the DSL modem an external or an internal? The most successful way of connecting FreeBSD via DSL is to use a network card along with an external modem. That is the way most FreeBSD'ers do it, but a DSL card -might- work. The main thing you have to setup is your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. Check out the following, and email with any questions you have; http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html Again, I suggest that if you are emailing me, you also post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I may miss something that others pickup on. Others may have other things to contribute that will help -you-, and your learning will be then be on record for others to learn from. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
I am using a fast ethernet network card with an external xDSL modem. - Original Message - From: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:52:53PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: Finally, I got the /games distribution downloaded to my freebsd. This was done through uploading it from my dos partition like I did for my initial freebsd installation for the /bin distribution. I am still unable to get a network connection up and running. I am not using a dial - up networking like I was in the past. Currently, I am using the xDSL modem using a ADSL connection to my ISP. Will I still be able to connect to the net via ppp or do I need a different method of connection from FreeBSD. Currently, when I start ppp on the command prompt, the FreeBSD system takes me to a new window and indicates like :- ppp started on Foo all p's in lowercase. Then, after a few seconds it says Warning: the original logon script has failed. How can this problem be resolved. Any help will be helpful. Is the DSL modem an external or an internal? The most successful way of connecting FreeBSD via DSL is to use a network card along with an external modem. That is the way most FreeBSD'ers do it, but a DSL card -might- work. The main thing you have to setup is your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file. Check out the following, and email with any questions you have; http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html Again, I suggest that if you are emailing me, you also post to [EMAIL PROTECTED] because I may miss something that others pickup on. Others may have other things to contribute that will help -you-, and your learning will be then be on record for others to learn from. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 02:42:47PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: I am using a fast ethernet network card with an external xDSL modem. In that case you should be well on your way. Check out that page; http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html To find out your network device try dmesg | more and you should find an entry like, in my case; rl0: RealTek 8139 10/100BaseTX port 0x9000-0x90ff mem 0xde00-0xdeff ir q 10 at device 11.0 on pci0 The rl0 in my case is what goes in your /etc/ppp/ppp.conf in the line; set device PPPoE:xl1 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device Here is my ppp.conf file, less my login and password; default: # or name_of_service_provider set device PPPoE:rl0 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device set mru 1492 set mtu 1492 set authname mylogin set authkey mypassword set log Phase tun command # you can add more detailed logging if you wish set dial set login set ifaddr 209.188.66.29 206.221.248.4 add default HISADDR nat enable yes # if you want to enable nat for your local net The ifaddr line would not be suitable for you because I have a static IP, and that address is mine. Instead use the one from the FreeBSD page. I fire up ppp with the following command; /usr/sbin/ppp -quiet -ddial -nat default initially, you can do it manually. enter ppp as root. then type dial. The ppp prompt should gradually go to upper case. When all three P's are upper case then you should be running. A good way to know if you are connected is by using ping; ping -c 5 64.58.79.230 (that IP belongs to yahoo, but any will do.) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
I got the bin distribution installed at the first time when I installed this whole new FreeBSD into my computer for the very first time using the 2 image floppy disk. First, I tried installing them using ftp. However, I was unable to connect or start a ftp connection after successive tries. Then, I copied the bin distibution from the /bin folder from the ftp.freebsd.org site into my harddisk and when I started the installation program, when the installation program prompted me for the type of installation method that I want to use I choose to install using dos partition method. Then in this way the FreeBSD Installation program automatically went to the dos partition and downloaded the bin directory. Now, I am unable to get to the screen where it will allow me to choose the kinds of distributions that I need to install and the kind of installation method that I want to use such as installing via ftp, dos partition, floopies ,etc . Do I need to use the 2 floopies (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp) again this time or can I just pop up this installation window from root itself ? I mean do I have to go through the step of what I went through at the time when I first set up freebsd into my system, like booting the computer using the 2 floppies images that one copies to first install freebsd or can I now just do it from the root. I need to know the command how can I download the /games distribution or the /crypto distribution which I have in my Hard Disk but it is in the dos partition side. Once I can copy these files from the dos partition to the freebsd partition then I can obviously install them. But now these files or distribution exist but it is in my dos partition and not in my FreeBSD partition. I am not sure if I can just install them from the dos partition itself or do I need to copy them from the dos partition side to the FreeBSD partition and then install them in the FreeBSD partition. Any help will be helpful. Thanks, Singh. - Original Message - From: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED]; E. J. Cerejo [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation My question was how can one install more distribution from the root directory when the first initial installation was only the required \bin distribution. if now I want to install the games port or distribution how can I install it. Firstly, I do not have this games port downloaded into my FreeBSD partition yet. I need to do this. How can I download the FreeBSD games port/distribution or the crypto port/distrbution which is in my dos partition (hard disk) from being logged in the root directory in FreeBSD. Can one explain this please. Because I do not have this distributions in my FreeBSD partitions yet. I need to copy them or download them from my harddisk in the dos partition or from windows '95 that I am using. How did you get the /bin distribution installed? via cdrom? Does this FreeBSD box have an internet connection, and if so, is it dialup or high-speed? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
Hello, I installed the /bin distribution from my harddisk at the very first time when I installed freebsd. I chose the installed via dos partition method and the installation program automatically found the /bin directory in my dos partition and installed this bin distribution. Now my question is how can I install other distribution like the /crypto distribution or the /games distribution / port which I do have them downloaded already from the FreeBsd ftp site in my dos partitition side of my hard disk. any help will be helpful. thanks, singh. - Original Message - From: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sukhbinder Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: David Banning [EMAIL PROTECTED]; E. J. Cerejo [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 2:03 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation My question was how can one install more distribution from the root directory when the first initial installation was only the required \bin distribution. if now I want to install the games port or distribution how can I install it. Firstly, I do not have this games port downloaded into my FreeBSD partition yet. I need to do this. How can I download the FreeBSD games port/distribution or the crypto port/distrbution which is in my dos partition (hard disk) from being logged in the root directory in FreeBSD. Can one explain this please. Because I do not have this distributions in my FreeBSD partitions yet. I need to copy them or download them from my harddisk in the dos partition or from windows '95 that I am using. How did you get the /bin distribution installed? via cdrom? Does this FreeBSD box have an internet connection, and if so, is it dialup or high-speed? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:25:50PM +0800, Sukhbinder Singh wrote: I got the bin distribution installed at the first time when I installed this whole new FreeBSD into my computer for the very first time using the 2 image floppy disk. First, I tried installing them using ftp. However, I was unable to connect or start a ftp connection after successive tries. Then, I copied the bin distibution from the /bin folder from the ftp.freebsd.org site into my harddisk and when I started the installation program, when the installation program prompted me for the type of installation method that I want to use I choose to install using dos partition method. Then in this way the FreeBSD Installation program automatically went to the dos partition and downloaded the bin directory. Now, I am unable to get to the screen where it will allow me to choose the kinds of distributions that I need to install and the kind of installation method that I want to use such as installing via ftp, dos partition, floopies ,etc . Do I need to use the 2 floopies (kern.flp and mfsroot.flp) again this time or can I just pop up this installation window from root itself ? I mean do I have to go through the step of what I went through at the time when I first set up freebsd into my system, like booting the computer using the 2 floppies images that one copies to first install freebsd or can I now just do it from the root. I need to know the command how can I download the /games distribution or the /crypto distribution which I have in my Hard Disk but it is in the dos partition side. Once I can copy these files from the dos partition to the freebsd partition then I can obviously install them. But now these files or distribution exist but it is in my dos partition and not in my FreeBSD partition. I am not sure if I can just install them from the dos partition itself or do I need to copy them from the dos partition side to the FreeBSD partition and then install them in the FreeBSD partition. Any help will be helpful. We need to establish whether you have a system up and running or not. The floppies aside, can you boot into a working FreeBSD system? If so, I suggest the next best thing to do is get your internet connection working. Only -then- can you connect the server and download anything you want. You are interested in the games distribution. I don't know how familiar you are with FreeBSD. I have not explored all of the games by far, but what I have seen vary trememdously from say, windows or dos based games. Many games are very simple, often ascii based. Others are more complex and may require that you have X running on your system. You have to deal with one thing at a time. First get your base system up and operating, then get your ppp connection working. Once you are connected to the net you can learn how to use cvsup. -Then- you can cvsup the ports which -includes- the games. Once you have done this you can compile and install games pretty easily. If you want to install any graphics based games, you will need XFree86 installed. That is another mini-project. It is a little easier if you have the cdroms for installation. Keep in mind that for someone interest in exploring games, it is a -long- curve of learning to get there for simply that purpose. Most people installing FreeBSD are learning it for professional or education purposes. You really have to enjoy the process of learning the system, understanding one area of the system at a time. Keep posting to the list, as other may have input that is helpful. Good luck. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
Hello, My question was how can one install more distribution from the root directory when the first initial installation was only the required \bin distribution. if now I want to install the games port or distribution how can I install it. Firstly, I do not have this games port downloaded into my FreeBSD partition yet. I need to do this. How can I download the FreeBSD games port/distribution or the crypto port/distrbution which is in my dos partition (hard disk) from being logged in the root directory in FreeBSD. Can one explain this please. Because I do not have this distributions in my FreeBSD partitions yet. I need to copy them or download them from my harddisk in the dos partition or from windows '95 that I am using. Any help will be helpful. thanks, sukh. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD Port/Distribution Installation
My question was how can one install more distribution from the root directory when the first initial installation was only the required \bin distribution. if now I want to install the games port or distribution how can I install it. Firstly, I do not have this games port downloaded into my FreeBSD partition yet. I need to do this. How can I download the FreeBSD games port/distribution or the crypto port/distrbution which is in my dos partition (hard disk) from being logged in the root directory in FreeBSD. Can one explain this please. Because I do not have this distributions in my FreeBSD partitions yet. I need to copy them or download them from my harddisk in the dos partition or from windows '95 that I am using. How did you get the /bin distribution installed? via cdrom? Does this FreeBSD box have an internet connection, and if so, is it dialup or high-speed? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
