Date: Tue, 27 Dec 1994 21:00:25 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: obiwan!bob@uudell.us.dell.com (Bob Willcox) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com (freebsd-hackers) Subject: Re: Install tape format?? Message-ID: <18170.788590825@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 26 Dec 94 20:39:42 CST." <m0rMRp8-00031IC@obiwan.uucp>
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> Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > Read the release notes! Read the release notes! :-) > > Hmm, I still can't find any reference to the expected tape format. >From the release notes: ... 3. QIC/SCSI Tape Installation. Installing from tape is probably the easiest method, short of an on-line install using ftp or installing from a CDROM. The installation program expects the files to be simply tar'red onto the tape, so after getting all of the files for distribution you're interested in, simply tar them onto the tape with something like: cd <where the *.?? files are> tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) . from a directory with just the distribution files in it. Make sure that you remember to put CKSUMS, do_cksum.sh, and extract.sh files in this directory as well! If you wish to install multiple *dist releases from one tape, do the following: 1. cd to the parent directory of the distributions and put them on tape like so: tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) bindist srcdist ... 2. Install the first distribution on the tape using the tape installation method as normal. Afterwards, *do not* erase the contents of the temporary directory. Get a shell with ESC-ESC and cd to the temporary directory yourself. For each additional *dist you want to load, cd to its subdirectory and type `sh ./extract.sh'. I don't know how we can make it any plainer than that! Are you SURE you read the release notes? :-) Jordan
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