From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 24 13:06:46 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1C3A16A4CE for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:06:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from web12503.mail.yahoo.com (web12503.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.173.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1523343F85 for ; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 13:06:46 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wisesage98@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20031124205545.97311.qmail@web12503.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [35.8.89.149] by web12503.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:55:44 PST Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 12:55:44 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan T. Sage" To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20031124173218.GB63983@dragon.nuxi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: HEADS UP: /bin and /sbin are now dynamically linked X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: wisesage98@yahoo.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 21:06:46 -0000 > > For a *lot* of people today (like home users), an up-to-date FreeBSD > > CD or floppy or a second machine to create the disk on may not be > > handy (and forget about NFS), but a network connection may still be > > available. > > That network connection would most likely be a M$-Win box in that case, > which doesn't have an FTP server. Samba, not an FTP client should be in > /rescue then. # ftp ftp.freebsd.org > get blah/blah/blah/release/bin.tgz # tar xzvf .... seems like a damn easy fix for killing /bin and /sbin.... i like the idea of having a tiny (re: non-ssl) fetch availble for when i shoot myself in the foot. would be incredibly helpful. And while in my current configurations, live cd or NFS are also options, sometimes fetch is going to be faster, and if it's a production machine, time is money. In a perfect world, I'd never hose a production machine, but... ~j > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ===== "Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, oh how i wish he'd go away" Rev. Jonathan T. Sage - Lighting / Set Designer [HTTP://www.wisefreebsd.org] [HTTP://jonsage.wisefreebsd.org] [wisesage98@yahoo.com] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/