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From: fletcher@paccar.com (Arlen Fletcher)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't add additional packages post 2.1 install
Date: 31 Jan 1996 15:23:10 GMT
Organization: PACCAR Technical Center
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In article <310E984F.446B9B3D@visi.com>, bigfoot@visi.com says...
>Shishir Belbase wrote:
> 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>
I wish it were that easy. That's the first thing I tried/checked when
I ran into the same problem as Shishir. I finally gave up and resorted
to pkg_add, which works well (it just isn't as "pretty").
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