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Date:      Sun, 29 Dec 2002 11:14:03 +1100
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   installworld with /src /obj on CDs
Message-ID:  <20021229111403.W434@welearn.com.au>

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Does installworld work these days with read-only /src and/or /obj
filesystems?

I want to upgrade a few isolated FreeBSD machines that have tiny disks.
My plan is to put each of /src and /obj on CDROMs, copy the contents
of one onto the hard disk (if it will fit!), and read the other from /mnt
as we go.

In the past we were surprised to discover that one or both of these
filesystems had to be writeable for some tiny annoying reason which
I don't quite recall.

The easiest thing would be if I could copy only a small necessary
part of /src to the hard disk, then have /obj read-only in the CD
drive... but now I'm getting too optimistic.

Has anyone tried something like this?


-- 

Regards,
        -*Sue*-

 
 

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