From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 6 10:10: 8 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47E4337B401 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2001 10:09:49 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 67994 invoked by uid 100); 6 Feb 2001 18:09:48 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14976.15852.682354.21850@guru.mired.org> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 12:09:48 -0600 (CST) To: "Dan Langille" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fresh install from a build world via NFS In-Reply-To: <113029199@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 10) "Capitol Reef" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dan Langille types: > I have an install to do tomorrow. I have an NFS exported build world of > 4.2-STABLE sitting here. > Q: can I use that build world to do a fresh install? Or must I do an > install of 4.2-RELEASE first and then do an install world to 4.2-stable. > It'd be so nice to avoid the first step.... In theory, you should be able to boot the FIXIT cdrom and use that to do a "make installworld" from the NFS-mounted build world. On the other hand, I've never tried it. If you manage to get it to work, do write it up for us! http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message