Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 22:10:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Message from Pauper <pauper_i@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD - installation directories Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980419220830.8564X-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <19980420000828.13252.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Sun, 19 Apr 1998, Message from Pauper wrote: > This one is in three parts, but I'd appreciate some advice if anyone > can answer any (or all) parts :-) > > PART ONE > I downloaded the installation from FTP4.FreeBSD.org and used the > -stable version for the download (don't want to get into experimental > stuff yet till I have more experience). If this is the case, then use a -RELEASE, not -STABLE. -STABLE can still be broken. > The install refers to the source and man directories, but this doesn't > correspond to the directory structure on the ftp. How should the > directories be ordered ? I don't understand what you're asking. > The download was effected under win95 running cuteFTP32 - all went > well until I discovered that some of the directory names don't comply > with the standard 8.3 structure. Yes, I know that if I download from a > unix machine this isn't a problem, but here were talking about the code > to set up a unix machine (which came first, the chicken or the egg ? ;) You're trying to pull the source, it looks like. Are you really sure you want to do that? You don't have a box to build it with. > PART THREE > The install manuals refer to parts of the sourde which may not be > exported from the US or Canada. Since I'm not in either, I tried to > identify which particular directories were involved - does anyone have a > list of the directories which should NOT be exported ? (I may have some > deleting to do *grin*) Anything under des/ is ``protected'' although certain court rulings in the walnut creek area do allow ftp.freebsd.org to export the crypto. ftp4 is probably out of reach of that tho. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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