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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: wOOwOO <woowoo@mark.petra.ac.id>
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Subject: Re: download 2.1.5-RELEASE
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, wOOwOO wrote:

> Do I have to get compat*/ when I wan to install new FreeBSD ? ports ? 
> packages ?
> 
> I installed before via CD-ROM (2.0-RELEASE), but now I will install 
> 2.1.5-RELEASE and download from ftp.freebsd.org
> 
> Yes! I have *SLOW* link .... so I need to know which directories I have 
> to download for -minimum- installation ? 

/bin is MINIMUM.  You will want the compat* libs if you want to run your
old 2.0 binaries without recompiling them.

> I got /bin, /src .... what next ?

I say that /bin and /src/ssys and possibly /compat* are bare minumum.
Your needs may vary.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major