Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 09:35:29 +0100 From: Thomas Spreng <spreng@socket.ch> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to change installworld installation root directory? Message-ID: <20021218083529.GA15130@rock.stable.ch> In-Reply-To: <200212171750.07541.kstewart@owt.com> References: <Pine.A41.4.10.10212171740040.45200-100000@bessel.tekniikka.turkuamk.fi> <20021217155100.GB34511@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> <200212171750.07541.kstewart@owt.com>
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Hi, On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:50:07PM -0800, Kent Stewart wrote: > On Tuesday 17 December 2002 07:51 am, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:40:59PM +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > > > Is it possible to mount a hard drive and make installworld so that > > > the installation will install everything under this directory where > > > the hard drive is mounted? Something like /mnt instead of / for > > > example? > > > > Sure: > > > > make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt > > > > installs everything relative to /mnt instead of / --- see jail(8) for > > some examples of doing just that. > > > > What I do is create /usr/src and /usr/obj as their own 1.5 GB > partitions. That is 4-5x larger than I need. Then, I can NFS_mount them > on any system as /usr/src and /usr/obj. You don't have to play games > with names, DESTDIR, or etc. why would you want /usr/obj nfs mounted as well? > For the purpose of build speed I put them on HDs with their own UDMA > controllers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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