From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 06:35:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA07274 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 06:35:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shiva.jussieu.fr (shiva.jussieu.fr [134.157.0.129]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id GAA07267 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 06:35:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr (mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr [134.157.72.87]) by shiva.jussieu.fr (8.7.5/jtpda-5.2) with SMTP id PAA02658 ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:35:06 +0200 (METDST) Received: from iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr (iaka) by mekong.biomath.jussieu.fr (5.67b/jn930126+af960507(mailhost)) at Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:34:33 +0100 Received: by iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr (5.67b/jf930126) at Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:34:32 +0100 Message-Id: <199607141434.AA20119@iaka.biomath.jussieu.fr> Subject: Re: base distribution To: awj@deakin.edu.au (Adam Jenkins) Date: Sun, 14 Jul 1996 15:34:31 +0100 (GMT+0100) From: "Alain FAUCONNET" Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199607141147.VAA05213@bajor.ccs.deakin.edu.au> from "Adam Jenkins" at Jul 14, 96 09:47:32 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Adam Jenkins wrote / a ecrit: > > > Sorry I couldnt find this in the FAQ etc, but hey at least it > is an easy question! :) > What is does the base distribution (bin.aa-az, bin.ba-bz, bin.c-p) > consist of, and which option is it from the instsll menu? They're a gzipped tarfile split into parts. See what the install.sh file does to install them: vvv-- concatenate the files cat bin.?? | tar --unlink -xpzf - -C / ^^^--- then untar them into /, gunzipping them on the fly BEWARE! don't type this command blindly! If you want to do something specific go study carefully the tar man page and type the appropriate command afterwards. As for the "which option from the install menu" I don't get your question, sorry. Maybe someone else will pick it up. _Alain_ -- Alain FAUCONNET Ingenieur systeme - System Manager AP-HP/SIM Public Health 91 bld de l'Hopital 75013 PARIS FRANCE Medical Computing Research Labs Mail: af@biomath.jussieu.fr Tel: (+33) 1-40-77-96-19 Fax: (+33) 1-45-86-80-68 I've RTFMed. It says: "Refer to your system administrator" But... I *am* the system administrator :-]