From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 2 03:18:26 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1B7A106564A for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 03:18:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from editor@d3photography.com) Received: from server.cwis.biz (70-89-202-5-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACC828FC16 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2011 03:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.cwis.biz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E760926D5EE1; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:24:59 -0500 (CDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at cwis.biz Received: from server.cwis.biz ([127.0.0.1]) by server.cwis.biz (server.cwis.biz [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rb43cofY-7El; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:24:26 -0500 (CDT) Received: from [10.0.1.3] (70-89-202-1-invergrove-mn.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [70.89.202.1]) by server.cwis.biz (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9688926D5EE0; Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:24:26 -0500 (CDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1244.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Ryan Coleman In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 22:17:33 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <4FB2F52D-6975-44FE-A381-A3E64A9989C0@d3photography.com> References: <83D140CA-E0B9-49A3-A927-B11D7AF803E8@gmail.com> <6C8514A2-8346-451F-A127-E90627FBD338@d3photography.com> To: Robert Simmons X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1244.3) Cc: Grant Walter , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Distributions" are missing from home burnt CD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:18:26 -0000 Is portsnap installed? I was going with the effed up installer route. :) This works - I tried it when I wrote up the directions. On Aug 1, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Robert Simmons wrote: > On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Ryan Coleman = wrote: >> Distributions, by nature, shouldn't be on the disc... they are = outdated the moment they are made into an ISO. >>=20 >> run these commands: >>=20 >> These are written assuming you are in as root. >>=20 >> # ftp ftp://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz >> This is a 50MB file. It will take some time. I have found = ftp3.freebsd.org to be the fastest server in the US. >> # mkdir /usr/ports >> # chown root:wheel /usr/ports >> # tar -xzf ./ports.tar.gz -C /usr/ports/ >>=20 >> Capital C is required there... it will shift you to the folder you = need. >> You can now build your programs as you need to. >> /usr/ports/shells/bash* >>=20 >> This is also the most current version of the ports since you are = getting it straight off the server. >=20 > Unless I'm missing something completely, portsnap makes sure that you > always have the latest ports, and it verifies the integrity of the > files that it transfers using a secure key. Your method has no such > check, so I would say you shouldn't do it that way or recommend that > method to others. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"