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At 02:39 07/10/2003, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>You probably hate emails like this but I've just started to try and
>use context, I've read the minstall.pdf, and started reading a few
>other pdfs, but I can't get started.
>
>texexec --verbose --make en
>
>produces...
>
>/usr/bin/fmtutil --byfmt cont-en
>
>fmtutil: no info for format `cont-en'.
>
>             TeX binary : pdfetex
>              format(s) : en
>
>Where can I go for a little help to get it running? I'm sure its just
>some small glitch.

there is a mailing list

in your case, i think that you need to run fmtutil --edit and uncomment the 
context lines,

as an alternative, you can try texexec --make --alone

Hans