From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 19 15:05:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA22345 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:05:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay-5.mail.demon.net (relay-5.mail.demon.net [158.152.1.48]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA22336 for ; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 15:05:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from post.demon.co.uk by relay-5.mail.demon.net id ai23253; 19 Jul 96 21:31 +0100 Received: from jraynard.demon.co.uk ([158.152.42.77]) by relay-3.mail.demon.net id aa18248; 19 Jul 96 20:23 +0100 Received: (from fqueries@localhost) by jraynard.demon.co.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA00299; Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:41:23 GMT Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:41:23 GMT Message-Id: <199607190941.JAA00299@jraynard.demon.co.uk> From: James Raynard To: WSNAdmin@aol.com CC: questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <960718172827_159156182@emout15.mail.aol.com> (WSNAdmin@aol.com) Subject: Re: Installing Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> 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/