Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:43:50 -0800 From: Wency Arzadon <wency@juniper.net> To: bmah@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Wency Arzadon <wency@juniper.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, wency@juniper.net Subject: Re: Installing over nfs Message-ID: <200112132343.fBDNho665643@merlot.juniper.net> In-Reply-To: Message from "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> of "Thu, 13 Dec 2001 14:58:23 PST." <200112132258.fBDMwN342504@bmah.dyndns.org>
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> If memory serves me right, Wency Arzadon wrote: > > > I've been installing freebsd44 with source tree I downloaded. > > > > I know the files are compress and tar.. My question is I'm trying to > > modify the source that gets installed especially src/etc/* files. I know > > this can be many ways, and i tried modifying src/setc.aa setc.inf, along > > with the files in ..src/etc, but its not working. > > I'm using boot floppies, kernel, mfsroot, install.cfg, but its not > > installing the files i want, any pointers. > > First, this question belongs on freebsd-questions, not freebsd-stable. Thanks, like i said i'm new to this mailing list and OS. > > If you're installing FreeBSD on a new machine, the files from the src > distribution are only needed or used if you want to recompile some part > of FreeBSD later. But they're not really a necessary part of getting > the machine running, in the same way that the bin distribution is. > > I suggest that you take a look at the Installation chapter of the > FreeBSD handbook, which can be found on the FreeBSD Web site: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html > > If you have any questions after that, you can send them to > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, but you'll need to be much more specific > as to what you're trying to do and how. Saying "it doesn't install" > doesn't give people enough information to help you. > > Good luck, > > Bruce. Thanks for responding so quickly. Wency > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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