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From: Deke Swallen <deke@efn.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Installing Packages, Help!
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 12:23:01 -0700
Organization: Oregon Public Networking
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Hello,
I am wondering how I could install the packages include in FreeBSD 2.2.1
without a supported CD-ROM.  I'm not able to from a DOS partition. And
ditto trying with disks.  I installed FBSD from a DOS partition but I
can't with the packages.  But with the new 2.2.1 I was able to install the
ports that way.  But none of the port files are executable. I'm guessing
I'm supposed to decode them somehow....does anyone have any suggestions.
Thanks for everyone's time
:)



-Deke Swallen