From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 4 03:49:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5EC616A4CE for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 03:49:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.open-cpp.net (dsl-202-72-137-118.wa.westnet.com.au [202.72.137.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 620BB43D53 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 03:49:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rjw@open-cpp.net) Received: from main.open-cpp.net (main.open-cpp.net [192.168.0.2]) by www.open-cpp.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i74BnwcU009422 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:58 GMT (envelope-from rjw@main.open-cpp.net) Received: from main.open-cpp.net (localhost.open-cpp.net [127.0.0.1]) by main.open-cpp.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i743oIx6077130 for ; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:50:18 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from rjw@main.open-cpp.net) Received: (from rjw@localhost) by main.open-cpp.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i743oIR7077129 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:50:18 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from rjw) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:50:18 +0800 From: "Russell J. Wood" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040804035018.GA76985@main.open-cpp.net> References: <1091589404.4110551c8311a@arrowana.singnet.com.sg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1091589404.4110551c8311a@arrowana.singnet.com.sg> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-PGP-Key: http://www.open-cpp.net/rjw.asc Subject: Re: Can i make a CD of the Ports Collection X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 03:49:51 -0000 --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yes, this could be done. First, create an ISO image of the directory with `mkisofs' (included in /usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools): mkisofs -A ports -allow-lowercase -allow-multidot -f -no-cache-inodes -D -l= -J -o ports.iso -p peter -R -V ports /usr/ports Note: this will produce a non-standards compliant ISO image, but it will be= able to be read on both MS Windows and FreeBSD. Then, burn the image to CD using `burncd' (included in /usr/ports/sysutils/cdrtools): burncd -f /dev/acd0 -v -s data ports.iso fixate When it's time to install, remove everything in `/usr/ports' (rm -r /usr/ports/*) and copy the burned data across. And, to finish it of, CVSup = the ports afterwards. - Russell On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 11:16:44AM +0800, Peter Ryan wrote: >I am very new, and have been reinstalling >FreeBSD many times to clean up whatever >mess i make and start again. > >I recently used cvsup to update my=20 >ports collection for the 4.10_RELEASE. > >Now, when I reinstall, it takes much longer >because i bring in the updated ports collection >rather than the ports collection on the >install CD (which i burnt from an ISO file) > >Is there some way to burn a cd (for me that >means under winXP) containing the latest=20 >ports collection so that I dont have to >download it each time. > >Or is there a better way of installing >with the latest ports collection. > >Are the ISO images updated with a new >ports collection very frequently ? > >Thanks for any pointers >Peter >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g" --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBEFz55WL5lrZ5g2cRAn3+AJ9KLsQn0oIWgBMi+/TQo/IMoskMKgCeJkWL eFnKEJgP2YZcrr/m5DewF4k= =PUbU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RnlQjJ0d97Da+TV1--