Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:44:46 +0200 (CEST) From: Are Bryne <are.bryne@communique.no> To: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'make installworld' on empty machine (was: Making a local FreeBSD distribution?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980827164009.4486B-100000@rune.communique.no> In-Reply-To: <199808252038.VAA00457@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
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On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, Robert Swindells wrote: > > > > If your machines can NFS mount /usr/src and /usr/obj from the machine > > > > that's tracking -stable, you can then run 'make installworld' on the > > > > other machines, and not need to bother with needing to roll your own > > > > release. > > > > > > Right, I am already doing that. The problem is with entirely new > > > machines that don't have any OS whatsoever on them. > > >I tried asking for this feature on freebsd-conf (or -config ?) as a part > >of sysinstall a while ago. I received no replies. > > >Isn't this feasible? It would sure be handy and a real time saver. > > What's wrong with booting from floppy, partition and label the disks > then switch to the shell on VT4 and do the NFS mounts. > > This is what I do for new machines. So do I. The 'problem' is that for "make installworld" to run, it first needs several files that you must copy over from the buildserver. It's this first and _avoidable_ step that I'd rather do without. Are Bryne Communiqué DA Phone: +47 22 44 33 99 Parkveien 51b E-mail: admin@communique.no N-0256 Oslo URL: http://www.communique.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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