Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:56:37 +0800 From: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> To: Masoom Shaikh <masoom.shaikh@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: local copy of handbook Message-ID: <49585885.1030005@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <b10011eb0812282046j7b784d82q492c8b10cb46db06@mail.gmail.com> References: <b10011eb0812282046j7b784d82q492c8b10cb46db06@mail.gmail.com>
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Masoom Shaikh wrote: > hello list, > > in my previous FBSD installations i always had a local copy of handbook > never bothered how it got there, until now. i lost my installation due to > some good ups. reinstalled minimal 7.0 and build installed kernel & world > > uname -a > FreeBSD raptor 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #0: Wed Dec 17 13:27:42 > UTC 2008 root@:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ARGON18 amd64 > > now i cannot see local copy of handbook, i had look at FreeBSD Documentation > Primer > but that seems overkill and geared towards contributing documentation > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/ > > also I cud use tarballs from FTP, but is there easy way to install them ? > also csup didn't help here is my csup file > > *default tag=RELENG_7 > *default host=ftp2.tw.freebsd.org > *default prefix=/usr > *default base=/var/db > *default release=cvs delete use-rel-suffix compress > src-all > doc-all > > csup updates the source each time, but now i am not sure about doc!! > > hints and help ? > > Masoom Shaikh Minimal install does not include the handbook. Thats why its called a minimal install. Normal install you get handbook. The following link to the handbook's first page tell you where to ftp your copy from. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html > _______________________________________________ > 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" > >
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