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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!newshost.convex.com!news.onramp.net!news.mind.net!news From: Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@fci.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem installing packages from DOS partition Date: 10 Apr 1996 07:40:36 GMT Organization: FCI Lines: 37 Message-ID: <4kfolk$vp@news.mind.net> References: <4jcam6$ecq@news.mind.net> <3159F7D7.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: line5.fci.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) X-URL: news:3159F7D7.41C67EA6@FreeBSD.org Thanks, Jordan--appreciate the info. Paul Hsu <support@cdrom.com> from Walnut Creek Tech Support took a slightly different tack to address the problem. I used his method and it worked fine: All the packages for the utilities are located under /packages/all on the cdrom. The directories /packages/{networking,editor,and etc....} only contain symbolic links. Create a directory on your dos partition (say c:\freebsd\pkgs), look through the /packages/all directory on the CDROM for individual programs you want to install (or perhaps all of them), copy them over to c:\freebsd\pkgs. Make sure you also copy the file /packages/all/00_TRANS.TBL. This file contains the mapping between 8.3 DOS filenames and long filenames. Boot back into freeBSD, mount the dos paritions. Make a temporary directory (say /tmp/pkgs), and move all the package files from /dos/freebsd/pkgs over to /tmp/pkgs. You will need to rename some files manually from the 8.3 format to their real long filenames. Check 00_TRANS.TBL for the mapping. Basically, we're transferring the /packages directory over to the harddrive while preserving the long filenames. Lastly, run the program pkg_manage. Change the installation source directory over to /tmp/pkgs. You should be all set at this point. pkg_manage is a menu-driven program allowing you to install/unsinstall the packages.. Hope this helps. Paul Technical Support Walnut Creek CDROM