Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 23:16:38 +0200 From: Emil Khatib <fenomenoxp2@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Download ports from another machine Message-ID: <dd99923205072214164506c007@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <44u0iuzvb2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <dd999232050716045262030bea@mail.gmail.com> <44u0iuzvb2.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
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Well, I just had an idea, as make fetch-recursive-list is unusable in windows (unless I make a script or program to read it or I download manually each of the packages), I would like to be able to boot a FreeBSD system installed on removable media. I have a removable HD but I can't boot from it... Is there anyway I could boot the system from a floppy using a partition in the removable drive as root? Thanks in advance On 16 Jul 2005 10:20:49 -0400, Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote: > Emil Khatib <fenomenoxp2@gmail.com> writes: >=20 > > Hi everybody, I'm using freebsd on a 56k connection, so you'll > > probably imagine how frustrating is to spend hours and hours > > downloading a simple program (plus its dozens of dependecies). I > > wanted to know if there is any way to get a list and download the > > programs from another computer with a faster connection. My problem is > > that I have only access to machines using Windows, so I can't do a > > "make fetch-recursive"... >=20 > "make fetch-recursive-list" >=20 > -- > Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area > http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/ >
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