From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Feb 26 0:45:29 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ABB214ED5 for ; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 00:45:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id TAA03690; Fri, 26 Feb 1999 19:44:57 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19990226194453.45866@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 19:44:53 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: D Pilgrim Cc: cjclark@home.com, Eric Jacoboni , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minimal download for a test install ? References: <199902260454.XAA04982@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <36D64E46.801B4E44@uswest.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <36D64E46.801B4E44@uswest.net>; from D Pilgrim on Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 11:33:26PM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 11:33:26PM -0800, D Pilgrim wrote: > On Feb 26, 1999 @ around 04:55 GMT, Crist J. Clark wrote: > >Eric Jacoboni wrote, > >> So my question : what are the absolute mandatory files/directories > >> to have a minimal FBSD system ? (be cool with my phone bill ;-) > > > >Depends on what abilities are mandatory to you. Generally, people say > >that the 'bin' and 'manpages' distributions are the _absolute_ > >minimum. > > If I recall correctly (been years since a minimal install), bin includes > only vi, in which case you might want to add emacs to > the list if you're none too keen on vi. No-no-no, bin includes ed, and ed is a perfectly good editor. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message