Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:41:23 GMT From: James Raynard <fqueries@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: WSNAdmin@aol.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing Message-ID: <199607190941.JAA00299@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <960718172827_159156182@emout15.mail.aol.com> (WSNAdmin@aol.com)
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>>>>> WSNAdmin@aol.com writes: > > First, I would like to say thank you to all involved in the FreeBSD project. > I think it is a wonderful means for learning. Thank you! > I am installing from floppies (ok, so I'm taking the hard way) and I > installed the /bin and /man files, how would I later install the /src > binaries from a DOS floppy. I read something about the build is organized so > that one can install other parts of the system (except for the src files) > from an NFS mount. I would hate to have to re-install again. It seems, by > reading the literature, that I can make or build the binaries....or are they > already compiled and all I have to do is install. Easiest way - get the files by FTP (or copy them off the CD if you have one) and then run the install.sh script, eg # cd /some/where/with/lots/of/room # cp /cdrom/dists/src/* . # ./install.sh If you really must use DOS floppies, the easiest way is to install the mtools package and then copy the files onto disk, eg # cd /some/where/with/lots/of/room (Insert floppy) # mcopy a:* . (Insert next floppy) # mcopy a:* . (...) # ./install.sh -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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