Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 04:38:59 -0600 From: Nikolas Britton <freebsd@nbritton.org> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd without internet connection Message-ID: <403F1E43.9030009@nbritton.org> In-Reply-To: <403F12B4.3020007@icare.com.hk> References: <403F0368.5020700@cpea.ro> <403F07E5.2050201@daleco.biz> <403F12B4.3020007@icare.com.hk>
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Stephen Liu wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > I have FreeBSD 5.2 running a slow PC for test purpose. Kindly advise; > > 1) What steps and commands shall I apply to update/upgrade it from > Internet. I am running 3M broadband. use sysinstall to do a binary upgrade > > > 2) Would it upgrade from source? I am a little bid nervous if it is. > Because it will take lenghthy time to complete. I have had bitter > experience in the past to upgrade a Gentoo box from Intenet > > TIA > > B.R. > Stephen > >> Razvan Pop wrote: >> >>> hello guys, >>> >>> i'm using freebsd and because i liked it i installed it at home >>> too. Problem is i don't have internet at home. When i'm trying to >>> install a package it wants to go online. Any ideas how i could >>> install packages off-line? >>> >> >> Burn the packages to a CD at work? >> >> Or, use the ports system, and grab the >> source tarballs at work, burn them, and >> take them home. Put them in /usr/ports/distfiles, >> cd /usr/ports/somedir/mynextport, type "make >> install clean" .... >> >> Try installing portupgrade (/usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade) >> on the work machine. You could then do "portupgrade -F" >> to fetch the source (recursively) for ports on your >> home machine, or "-FP" to fetch packages.... >> >> Lastly, the FreeBSD Mall (and some other vendors) have >> multiple CD sets that include distfiles for many major >> packages and their dependencies.... >> >> HTH, >> >> Kevin Kinsey >> DaleCo, S.P. > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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