Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 08:52:19 +0100 From: Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net> To: Johann Frisch <jrf@subdimension.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can you install from tape or can't you ? Message-ID: <20020416075219.GA40202@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20020415152934.E977937B405@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20020410210040.GA73523@submonkey.net> <20020411111008.E54120@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020415152934.E977937B405@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 08:29:34AM -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. Excellent, thanks! > About the FAQ 3.17: I did not use any special options for tar, just > plain simple "tar cv bin". OK, that FAQ is gonna get it. Ceri -- get the cool shoe shine To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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