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From: ghopper@insane.apana.org.au (Steven Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Installing FreeBSD 2.0 & XFree 3.1
Date: 3 Feb 1995 09:42:33 GMT
Organization: NetSpace Online Systems
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bgparker@zork.tiac.net writes:
>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.
The installation instructions tell you to switch between screen 1 and 2
(ALT-F1 & ALT-F2). When the XFree 3.1 installation appeared to have
stopped, if you had switched to screen 2, you would have seen that it
was waiting for your installation selections. With XFree 3.1 you have
to specify which server(s) and other binaries to install.
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