From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 17 7:51:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C328837B401 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:51:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2C4043EEC for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 07:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gBHFp5Qn034864 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:51:05 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gBHFp0wW034863 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:51:00 GMT Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:51:00 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how to change installworld installation root directory? Message-ID: <20021217155100.GB34511@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 05:40:59PM +0200, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Is it possible to mount a hard drive and make installworld so that the > installation will install everything under this directory where the hard > drive is mounted? Something like /mnt instead of / for example? Sure: make installworld DESTDIR=/mnt installs everything relative to /mnt instead of / --- see jail(8) for some examples of doing just that. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message