From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 28 0:18: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sasknow.com (h139-142-245-96.ss.fiberone.net [139.142.245.96]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F1D815A7D for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 00:17:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Received: from localhost (freebsd@localhost) by sasknow.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA01321; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 02:17:26 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd@sasknow.com) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 02:17:26 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson To: Autoxer Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Local Install In-Reply-To: <004901bf6966$9ab07720$e217173f@user> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Autoxer wrote: > I have FreeBSD 3.3 from Walnut Creek CDRom and when I try installing the > entire package it cannot find the Local subsection(no local files including > /usr/local directory and rc.local file). I am just trying to figure out > where I can find these files. You won't. The local distribution is simply meant for a convenient way for large networks to distribute additional files with the OS install. A nice feature, IMO... But one that has generated a lot of questions over time :-) -- Ryan Thompson 50% Owner, Sysadmin SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message