Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:25:48 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making a local base for ftp installations Message-ID: <20000306142548.C14279@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003062128130.18066-100000@merlin.onsea.com>; from dozprompt@onsea.com on Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 09:30:03PM %2B0000 References: <20000306113939.X14279@fw.wintelcom.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003062128130.18066-100000@merlin.onsea.com>
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* Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> [000306 14:01] wrote:
> I'm only a 56k, and it's re CVS'ing (not supping) the CVS repository
> *every* time it's run, which means I'll have to CVS *and* cvsup every time
> I upgrade. Is there a way to prevent this? It simply takes far too long
> to CVS it...
yes, use a local repository:
*default host=cvsup5.freebsd.org
*default base=/usr
*default prefix=/home/ncvs
*default release=cvs
*default delete use-rel-suffix
*default compress
src-all
then tell make release to use the local repo.
-Alfred
>
> Cliff Rowley
>
> - while (!asleep) { code(); }
>
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
>
> > * Cliff Rowley <dozprompt@onsea.com> [000306 11:26] wrote:
> > > Greetings :)
> > >
> > > I am installing FreeBSD on more and more small systems, and the rate at
> > > which I am doing so is increasing, and I am still only on a 56k.
> > >
> > > I would like to have every machine I prepare at -stable before I modify
> > > them to cater for my client's use. Upgrading is generally not a problem,
> > > since I go back to the client every 3 months to upgrade their systems for
> > > them, unless there is a serious advisory.
> > >
> > > Is there a system whereby I can create an exact mirror image of the
> > > FreeBSD FTP sites from my already upgraded and installed system, that is
> > > suitable to create boot disks from and use as the FTP server in FTP
> > > installations? I've heard a whisper of 'make release', but that seemed to
> > > build what looked like an image of an already installed FreeBSD system
> > > (I stopped it when it was performing an 'sh MAKEDEV all' in the CHROOT I'd
> > > specified).
> >
> > No, actually if you let it complete you'll have some directories made
> > that resemble the CDroms pressed by WC.
> >
> > -Alfred
> >
> >
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
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