Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:34:31 +0100 (GMT+0100) From: "Alain FAUCONNET" <af@biomath.jussieu.fr> To: awj@deakin.edu.au (Adam Jenkins) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: base distribution Message-ID: <199607141434.AA20119@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <199607141147.VAA05213@bajor.ccs.deakin.edu.au> from "Adam Jenkins" at Jul 14, 96 09:47:32 pm
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Adam Jenkins wrote / a ecrit:
>
>
> Sorry I couldnt find this in the FAQ etc, but hey at least it
> is an easy question! :)
> What is does the base distribution (bin.aa-az, bin.ba-bz, bin.c-p)
> consist of, and which option is it from the instsll menu?
They're a gzipped tarfile split into parts. See what the install.sh
file does to install them:
vvv-- concatenate the files
cat bin.?? | tar --unlink -xpzf - -C /
^^^--- then untar them into /, gunzipping them on the fly
BEWARE! don't type this command blindly! If you want to do something
specific go study carefully the tar man page and type the appropriate
command afterwards.
As for the "which option from the install menu" I don't get your
question, sorry. Maybe someone else will pick it up.
_Alain_
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I've RTFMed. It says: "Refer to your system administrator"
But... I *am* the system administrator :-]
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