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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!netcom.net.uk!ix.netcom.com!news From: rlee11@ix.netcom.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Having Problems Installing From DOS partition. Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 22:43:13 GMT Organization: Netcom Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4pkshu$hi6@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> References: <4pdr81$3bb@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> <31BB19E2.764D@www.play-hookey.com> <4pi82i$jcs@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> <31BD0294.3EA@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: mvo-ca4-04.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Tue Jun 11 5:38:54 PM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote: Dear Ken, Thanks, I'll take a look! I'll probably have more questions as I dive in the world of freeBSD. Rick >No real problem, and you don't need to do that. Start with the various >packages available in the distribution and use pkg_add. I also suggest >you read the FAQ and the Handbook about the various partas of FreeBSD, >and especially look at the Index in the packages directory of the ftp >site where you picked up the files. This will tell you something about >what each package is. >That's only for configuration and such -- not for major new additions. >Make sure all of your local machines are defined in /etc/hosts, and >comment out the bind line in /etc/host.conf. I'm sure there's more that I >didn't think of, but this should get you started. >Ken