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Re: extracting XFree86



> 	It was suggested to me that I break out of the sysinstall
> program to install Xfree86 (my PC hangs during extraction ...) and
> do it manually via sh extract.sh

You should just reinstall and hit ALT-F2 when you come to the X installation.
It's waiting for you over there.

> 	This was to have been done in the XFree86 dir. How
> do I get to the CDROM which does not come up as a device file ?
> i.e. can we get a bit more explicit ...

mount /dev/cd0a /mnt
cd /mnt/XFree86-3.1/
sh ./extract.sh

					Jordan