From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 22 14:35:53 2003 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 C585E37B401 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:35:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FC2F43F18 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 14:35:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h0MMZc84035536 for ; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:35:38 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h0MMZXOT035535 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:35:33 GMT Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 22:35:33 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: installworld to directory other than "/" Message-ID: <20030122223533.GA73530@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030123012645.E40308-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030123012645.E40308-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:31:42AM +0300, Alexey Koptsevich wrote: > > Hello, > > I would like to make installworld to some directory other than "/", e.g., > to directory "/new", while the old system is working. The only way to do > that which I can think of is > - copy "/", /usr and /var to /new > - chroot /new > - make installworld from there > Is there more easy/elegant way? Simple: # make installworld DESTDIR=/new Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message