Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2001 13:50:08 -0500 From: Jim Edwards <smackme@hardwaregroup.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: CVSup and everything that goes with it Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010225131003.00dc8d90@dca.net>
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I have been having a heck of a time getting up to speed with FreeBSD. I ma replacing a RH 5.2 internet server with a new system. A friend turned me on to FreeBSD. I'm sort of glad after seeing the results of a RH7 install. But time is not in my side. I am to ship this box tomorrow. I must have installed 4.2 release a good dozen times by now trying to get a nice clean up to date basic install. I have learned a tremendous amount about bsd already. My problem is with the time restraints I have to try and reduce the learning curve via rtfm and scouring the FreeBSD list(s) archive. So I come to you guys direct. :) I found this in the archives. It seams like the most straight forward install and update procedure I have ever seen. I do have some questions about it though. I will be using some of the text in line below the link. http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=782815+0+archive/2001/freebsd-stable/20010211.freebsd-stable I do belive it orginated from "From: "Jim Levie" <jim@chaos.entrophy-free.net> " If not, sorry. I am hoping that the original author can supply some of the answers. Quote: >It may not be the most ideal, but I have the following in my supfile: kept >in the directory, /usr/local/etc/cvsup >....................................... #*default host=cvsup6.FreeBSD.org and this... >I keep my cvsup and release file in /usr/sup and run the cvsup with >"cvsup /usr/sup/supfile". (do we mean refuse and not release?) So which is it? /usr/local/etc/cvsup or /usr/sup Or is it both? Quote: >My /etc/make.conf looks like: > >USA_RESIDENT=YES make.conf? Is this something I can create to assist "make"? I have yet to see this in any of the fubar installs and it isn't in this last one. Kernel stuff... The initial install... This is without SMP correct? In other words, I will need to recompile for SMP. The box is a dual PII 450. Quote from link above again. >Once you have everything cvsup'd, you use what you've gotten by: > ># cd /usr/src ># make buildworld ># make installworld ># make buildkernel KERNEL=MY_KERNEL ># make installkernel KERNEL=MY_KERNEL > >If you haven't built a custom kernel on your current installation you can >replace MY_KERNEL with GENERIC. If you have a custom kernel config, >check to make sure that what you have in your kernel config file is still >valid by looking at GENERIC and/or LINT. So what is be best approach to doing a custom kernel? (I have zero experience here) Should I do the install then custom kernel (enabling SMP I hope to get this done faster) then follow the contents of the link? Or should I follow the text in the link then do a custom kernel? Finally, the last bit of the link post.... >The last step is to merge in the new /etc stuff and that is most easily >done with mergemaster. It will remind you to re-make the /dev stuff and >don't forget to do so. Merge? From where to /etc? This is the first time I have seen reference to this. I would probably find out with another dozen installs. ;) Oh, my latest install... "cd /usr/ports/www/cvsup" "make clean install" What will this do? Why? Because I did it ;) and it has been humming along doing its thing. It looks like I just CVSuped everything and am now removing it all. :( Thanks in advance for any and all help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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