Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 17:08:27 PDT From: "Message from Pauper" <pauper_i@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD - installation directories Message-ID: <19980420000828.13252.qmail@hotmail.com>
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Hi, This one is in three parts, but I'd appreciate some advice if anyone can answer any (or all) parts :-) PART ONE I downloaded the installation from FTP4.FreeBSD.org and used the -stable version for the download (don't want to get into experimental stuff yet till I have more experience). The install refers to the source and man directories, but this doesn't correspond to the directory structure on the ftp. How should the directories be ordered ? PART TWO The download was effected under win95 running cuteFTP32 - all went well until I discovered that some of the directory names don't comply with the standard 8.3 structure. Yes, I know that if I download from a unix machine this isn't a problem, but here were talking about the code to set up a unix machine (which came first, the chicken or the egg ? ;) ie: src/usr.sbin win95 handles it ok, but treats it as a long file name, so from dos (or the install shell) it looks like \usrsbi~1 which doesn't help for the installation, and dos can't handle a 4 character extension or a period [.] in the file/directory name so it can't be renamed either. There's probably a way around this, but I'd appreciate it if someone could enlighten me ! PART THREE The install manuals refer to parts of the sourde which may not be exported from the US or Canada. Since I'm not in either, I tried to identify which particular directories were involved - does anyone have a list of the directories which should NOT be exported ? (I may have some deleting to do *grin*) Note: I've subscribed to the list, but don't have the confirmation back yet, so please copy any reply to me for the moment, thanks Pauper pauper_i@hotmail.com Pauper on IRC.DAL.net ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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