From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Dec 1 13:16:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA17497 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 13:16:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from horton.iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA17491 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 13:16:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from proot@horton.iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA22368; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:16:03 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from proot) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199812012116.PAA22368@horton.iaces.com> Subject: Re: Installing from source to arbitrary directory In-Reply-To: from "Jason C. Wells" at "Dec 1, 98 01:05:53 pm" To: jcwells@u.washington.edu Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:16:03 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Jason C. Wells said: > My system is part IDE and part SCSI. The IDE part is mounted on / and the > SCSI parts are mounted on /usr /var as well as holding the swap space. > > I have a 'root' partition on the SCSI that is dormant and empty until I > get a SCSI bootable motherboard. I have this partition mounted on /mnt. I > have the 3.0-RELEASE source in /usr/src. I have been thinking of upgrading > to a new motherboard that can boot SCSI. > > I do not need to install /usr/src/usr.bin or /usr/src/usr.sbin. Those are > already on my SCSI drive. > > How can I install only the '/' stuff and not the '/usr' to '/mnt' (the > scsi) from source? Would it be better to just 'cp -R' the needed parts > from my existing '/' to '/mnt'. dump -0f - / | (cd /mnt;restore -rf -) > Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering > Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- ON THE ROLE OF BEAUTY AND HANDSOMENESS IN LOVE "It isn't always just how you look. Look at me. I'm handsome like anything and I haven't got anybody to marry me yet." --Brian, age 7 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message