There isn't any reason all the packages couldn't fit on a cd. Most are just
a few bytes to a few kb, and a small number are into a few MB. Browsing the
package list (for i386), it looks like the largest one might be 4mb.
You should set your pkg path to the cd if you want to install from there,
*export PKG_PATH=/mnt/cdrom/5.4/packages/`machine -a`/ *(change to
the mount point of your cdrom)
Personally, I prefer to just set the pkg path to an http mirror as it is
just as fast, or often faster, than cdrom and I don't have to have the cd
on hand.
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Mario <mario....@videotron.ca> wrote:
> Hi list.
>
> I know you are all busy discussing electricity issues but maybe one of you
> can take a moment to answer this.
>
> Browsing my new CDs for first time ever, I am a little confused and I am
> seeking clarification. Is the following normal? Because when I think
> about it, can really over 14,000 packages (amd64 + hppa) fit on a CD. I
> am puzzled.
>
> marst:349$ pwd
> /mnt/5.4/packages/amd64
> marst:350$ ls -l
> total 25238
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 539 Aug 5 17:25 TRANS.TBL
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 125468 Jul 29 13:26 bzip2-1.0.6p0.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 674979 Jul 29 13:26 curl-7.26.0p3.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7556487 Jul 29 13:26 gettext-0.18.2p3.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2012934 Jul 29 13:26 gnupg-1.4.13p0.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 159 Aug 5 17:22 index.txt
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1521545 Jul 29 13:26 libiconv-1.14p0.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 264257 Jul 29 13:26 libidn-1.27.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 280021 Jul 29 13:26 rsync-3.0.9p3.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 165840 Jul 29 13:26 unzip-6.0p2.tgz
> -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 322276 Jul 29 13:26 xz-5.0.5.tgz
> marst:351$
>
> I guess the question is are all the binaries supposed to be on CD because
> if I follow instructions as per booklet:
>
> % su
> Password : <root password>
> # mount /dev/cd0a /mnt
> # /mnt/5.4/packages/amd64
> # pkg_add emacs-21.4p23.tgz
>
> That's not working. Well it worked when my $PKG_PATH was still set on ftp
> but I suppose PKG_PATH is supposed to be set to the CD path.
>
> Also nowhere on CD2 I can find the soundtrack. I suppose that should be
> easy. I would really need a song at the moment.
>
> --
> Mario
