Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 21:56:18 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installworld with /src /obj on CDs Message-ID: <20021229025618.GA32448@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <20021229111403.W434@welearn.com.au> References: <20021229111403.W434@welearn.com.au>
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 11:14:03AM +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > Does installworld work these days with read-only /src and/or /obj > filesystems? > > I want to upgrade a few isolated FreeBSD machines that have tiny disks. > My plan is to put each of /src and /obj on CDROMs, copy the contents > of one onto the hard disk (if it will fit!), and read the other from /mnt > as we go. > > In the past we were surprised to discover that one or both of these > filesystems had to be writeable for some tiny annoying reason which > I don't quite recall. > > The easiest thing would be if I could copy only a small necessary > part of /src to the hard disk, then have /obj read-only in the CD > drive... but now I'm getting too optimistic. This is how it is supposed to work. Every once in a while a bug is introduced into the build process that breaks this. These problems get fixed very quickly because there are a lot of us using read only NFS mounts of /usr/obj and /usr/src. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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