Subject: Re: First timer
To: Bustamam Harun <bustamam98@yahoo.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 12/09/2002 21:59:58
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 06:19:17AM -0800, Bustamam Harun wrote:
> My first time installing NetBSD.  Got the bootable ISO and boot my Ultra 1.  Installation went
> fine except when it comes to text.tgz.  I thought my CD image was corrupted, so I opt to install
> from ftp the same thing happens, pax crashes when trying to install text.tgz.  I reinstall the

Hum, this is annoying ...

> whole thing without text.tgz and now I have a barebone NetBSD OS 1.6 working with X.  The problem
> is now I can't install new packages from pkgsrc since it's missing /usr/share/tmac/tmac.andoc (I
> assume from the text.tgz package).  I guess this thing is needed for some document installation or
> something.  Is it safe to just copy the missing file?  What is the correct way to resolve this
> text.tgz problem?  I've read some issue with pax and previous ISO images (1.6A) but don't see any solution.

Just download , text.tgz and then:
cd /
tar xzpvf /path/to/text.tgz

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 23 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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