Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 19:44:53 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: D Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net> Cc: cjclark@home.com, Eric Jacoboni <jaco@titine.fr.eu.org>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: minimal download for a test install ? Message-ID: <19990226194453.45866@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <36D64E46.801B4E44@uswest.net>; from D Pilgrim on Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 11:33:26PM -0800 References: <199902260454.XAA04982@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> <36D64E46.801B4E44@uswest.net>
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On Thu, Feb 25, 1999 at 11:33:26PM -0800, D Pilgrim wrote:
> On Feb 26, 1999 @ around 04:55 GMT, Crist J. Clark wrote:
> >Eric Jacoboni wrote,
> >> So my question : what are the absolute mandatory files/directories
> >> to have a minimal FBSD system ? (be cool with my phone bill ;-)
> >
> >Depends on what abilities are mandatory to you. Generally, people say
> >that the 'bin' and 'manpages' distributions are the _absolute_
> >minimum.
>
> If I recall correctly (been years since a minimal install), bin includes
> only vi, in which case you might want to add emacs to
> the list if you're none too keen on vi.
No-no-no, bin includes ed, and ed is a perfectly good editor.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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