From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 6 13:54:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB70A37B9F8 for ; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 13:54:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bright@fw.wintelcom.net) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA03821; Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:25:48 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:25:48 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Cliff Rowley Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making a local base for ftp installations Message-ID: <20000306142548.C14279@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <20000306113939.X14279@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from dozprompt@onsea.com on Mon, Mar 06, 2000 at 09:30:03PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Cliff Rowley [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 [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] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message