Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:25:53 +1000 From: Greg Lehey <grog@freebsd.org> To: Johann Frisch <jrf@subdimension.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can you install from tape or can't you ? Message-ID: <20020416132553.C489@canberra.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20020415152934.E977937B405@hub.freebsd.org>; from jrf@subdimension.com on Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:29:34AM -0700 References: <20020410210040.GA73523@submonkey.net> <20020411111008.E54120@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020415152934.E977937B405@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Monday, 15 April 2002 at 8:29:34 -0700, Johann Frisch wrote: > On 11 Apr 2002, you wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 10 April 2002 at 22:00:40 +0100, Ceri Davies >> wrote: >>> >>> On www.FreeBSD.org, right on the front page, we're telling >>> the world that you can install FreeBSD from tape. >>> >>> In the FAQ, we're saying that you can, but you might have >>> problems installing 2.1.7. >>> >>> So a few questions : >>> >>> 1) Can you install from tape ? >>> >>> 2) If you can, is the advice in FAQ 3.17 valid for all >>> releases, or >>> just for 2.1.7 ? >>> >>> 3) If it's just 2.1.7, is it time to nix that FAQ yet ? >> >> I've decided that it probably doesn't work. I'm pretty sure >> that nobody has tried in a long time. The safest thing to do >> would obviously be to try it and either succeed or know that >> the failure was due to the fact that it's no longer >> functional. (...) > > Ok, I just tried to install 4.5-RELEASE from tape (5.0-DP1 does not > run on my test machine). I chose a very minimal install, only the > bin distribution, but it worked flawlessly. So IMHO there is no > need to update the web page, FreeBSD can still be installed from tape. > About the FAQ 3.17: I did not use any special options for tar, just > plain simple "tar cv bin". Good to know. Thanks for the test. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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