For one, I would not download from the main site. Use one of the
mirrors closest to you.

You can add verbosity to pkg_add by using the -v (or -vv, or -vvv).
This should help you better diagnose the problem.


Thomas wrote:
> I succeeded in downloading and installing OpenBSD, but now, problem is
> that I cannot download packages.
> I followed the instructions from here: http://www.openbsd.org/ports.html
> I typed:
> # export PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/i386/
> # pkg_add gnome-desktop-2.10.2p2.tgz
>
> because it is Gnome that I want to install first of all. I get this
> error:
>
> Error from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/OpenBSD/4.1/packages/i386:
> 550 Failed to change directory.
> Can't find gnome-desktop-2.10.2p2.tgz
> /usr/sbin/pkg_add: gnome-desktop-2.10.2p2.tgz:Fatal error
> Why is this wrong?
>
> Question no 2:
> I did not yet completely understand the difference from Linux and BSD,
> besides from that the kernels are not the same. If I for example
> download the Linux version of, lets say, Google Earth, will it work on
> my machine with OpenBSD installed?
>
> Thanks in advance,
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