From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 25 12:00:03 2003 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 BE48516A4CE for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:00:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from ns1.tiadon.com (SMTP.tiadon.com [69.27.132.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F135343FBF for ; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 12:00:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kdk@daleco.biz) Received: from daleco.biz ([69.27.131.0]) by ns1.tiadon.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.0); Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:02:56 -0600 Message-ID: <3FC3B4C7.6070109@daleco.biz> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 14:00:07 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031124 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Trey Sizemore References: <20031125184100.1B99F6A736@server2.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <20031125184100.1B99F6A736@server2.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 25 Nov 2003 20:02:56.0875 (UTC) FILETIME=[1E6E5BB0:01C3B38F] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First time 5.1 install 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: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:00:03 -0000 Trey Sizemore wrote: >Doing a first time install of 5.1. The ports packages look comprehensive >and very up-to-date. I'm coming from the linux world, having used it >exclusively for the past year. I have the manual and will certainly read >it before perfoming the install to hopefully make the process easier. > >I found the following in a FreeBSD article post and wanted any comments >from users who had done a number of installs as to the logic/soundness of >following the steps outlined below: > >Install a minimal base system and the ports collection. > >Install and configure cvsup and portupgrade. > >Update your source tree and ports tree. > >Make buildworld, kernel, installworld. Run portupgrade -a. > >Reboot your nice, clean, up-to-date system and start installing apps you >want to use. > >Does this make sense? Any additional steps and is the ordering of the >steps sound? > >Thanks for your feedback. > > If I'd been smart, I'd have done something close to what you're suggesting the first time, over 2 years ago. However, I've learned plenty by trial/error doing thing in a more complex way. I'm almost to where your writer is. My most recent new box (my first for desktop use) was, IIRC: Install /bin via sysinstall (floppy/FTP ). Abort the remaining installation. Install cvsup-no-gui as a *package* via sysinstall. CVSUP src for 5.1 --- make buildworld, buildkernel, installkernel reboot, make installworld. CVSUP ports, and go from there... I'm not exactly sure I planned to do it this way, but it's worked quite well, and I felt I made good progress despite the fact I was on a dialup link.... Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P.