From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 26 22:19:09 1994 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id WAA09541 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 26 Dec 1994 22:19:09 -0800 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.223.46]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA09535 for ; Tue, 27 Dec 1994 06:19:07 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id WAA17898; Mon, 26 Dec 1994 22:18:26 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: time.cdrom.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: alan@math.ucsb.edu (Alan D. Trombla) cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting back to dist install stage In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Dec 94 17:44:02 PST." <19941227014401.AAA7658@emile.math.ucsb.edu> Date: Mon, 26 Dec 1994 22:18:23 -0800 Message-ID: <17897.788509103@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: questions-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > But /sbin/sysinstall seems to want to start the installation from the > beginning. What do I do to get back to the bindist, srcdist, etc. > install stage without wiping the current disk contents? I lied before. sysinstall really isn't a good thing to run again for further installation. What you need to do is simply run extract.sh in the *dist you're interested in. What do you mean you can't find the stuff on the CD? It's definitely there! Top level even.. Jordan