From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 22 12:21:15 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (adsl-210.54.19.51.quicksilver.net.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8402A37B400 for ; Fri, 22 Feb 2002 12:21:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1MKL6T56834; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 09:21:06 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 09:21:06 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jorge Biquez Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CVSUP without Internet Connection. Message-ID: <20020223092106.D56258@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020222135431.024c2840@icsmx.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020222135431.024c2840@icsmx.com>; from jbiquez@icsmx.com on Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:05:40PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 02:05:40PM -0600, Jorge Biquez wrote: > Hello all. > > Is there a way to CVSUP a machine without an Internet Connection? > I have a friend that won't have a fast Internet , his modem connection > won't let them stay connected for more than 20 minutes (a very rural area). > Anyway, I told them I did a CVSUP to version 4.5 STABLE yesterday and he > asked me that it will be possible that with my sources I could create a CD > for him so he could make the CVSUP without being connected to the Internet. > Is it possible? If so, what would I have to give him on the CD? /usr/src > will be enough? Give him /usr/src and /usr/sup. After that, if he keeps cvsuping regularly (eg once a week), the cvsup should complete within 20 minutes. To build a system, all you need is /usr/src. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny" - Kin Hubbard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message