Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:52:08 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: trey@fastmail.fm (Trey Sizemore) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: First time 5.1 install Message-ID: <200311251852.hAPIq9U08729@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031125184100.1B99F6A736@server2.messagingengine.com> from "Trey Sizemore" at Nov 25, 2003 01:40:59 PM
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> > Doing a first time install of 5.1. The ports packages look comprehensive > and very up-to-date. I'm coming from the linux world, having used it > exclusively for the past year. I have the manual and will certainly read > it before perfoming the install to hopefully make the process easier. > > I found the following in a FreeBSD article post and wanted any comments > from users who had done a number of installs as to the logic/soundness of > following the steps outlined below: > > Install a minimal base system and the ports collection. > > Install and configure cvsup and portupgrade. > > Update your source tree and ports tree. > > Make buildworld, kernel, installworld. Run portupgrade -a. > > Reboot your nice, clean, up-to-date system and start installing apps you > want to use. > > Does this make sense? Any additional steps and is the ordering of the > steps sound? That sounds like the official doctrine to me. If you are just experimenting and may be redoing it a number of times before you get to the real thing, you could just install the release and ignore the updates the first few times until you get the feel of the system. If you have a reasonable net connection, install from the Mini-ISO CD and let it pull everything down over the net. If your connection is kind of slow, then get the whole CD set - either buy or download - and do the installation from CD. You will still (probably) be pulling the ports source down over the net to build as the CD versions can get out of date rather quickly. But, the ports tree skeleton from the CD should be good. ////jerry > > Thanks for your feedback. > -- > Trey Sizemore > trey@fastmail.fm > _______________________________________________
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