From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 00:57:29 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FBD716A417 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:57:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E192B13C448 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:57:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay8.apple.com (a17-128-113-38.apple.com [17.128.113.38]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l0G0uQnQ006468; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:56:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay8.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay8.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 6981940027; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:56:26 -0800 (PST) X-AuditID: 11807126-a2682bb000000245-a7-45ac22ba5e76 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (unknown [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay8.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 4F27740020; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:56:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <45AC1847.6000308@chapman.edu> References: <45AC1847.6000308@chapman.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7863F0D6-A379-444E-A772-8E300F5438B7@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:56:25 -0800 To: Jay Chandler X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Install from CVS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:57:29 -0000 On Jan 15, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Jay Chandler wrote: > Is it possible to install (instead of upgrading) FreeBSD from my > local CVS repository? Looking to find a good way to automate > installations, and figured I'd start there. Sure, it's possible. You'd have to build a working system from the sources on a FreeBSD system, and then install them to the target disk somehow (perhaps temporarily install the drive in the working FreeBSD system long enough to do the install). In practice, people normally install from a CD image they've burned, and perform source-based updates after that. -- -Chuck