Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 22:22:41 -0453.75 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to install packages from local storage? Message-ID: <fe841a8b-8a70-ec02-4740-f1063a058f87@hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: <VI1PR02MB0974BC447210DC5139A566A1D1040@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> References: <VI1PR02MB0974BC447210DC5139A566A1D1040@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com>
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On 07/31/16 20:55, Manish Jain wrote: > Hi, > > I have been asked by a friend to move 6 laptops in his company from > Windows/Ubuntu to FreeBSD. I was wondering if I could save some time by > not having to download the packages on each laptop. I would ideally like > to download packages on 1 laptop, and then reuse those packages on the > other laptops (probably via USB flash media). > > Is that possible ? If yes, can somebody please give me some useful > how-to information ? > > Thanks > Manish Jain > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Download & burn 1 of the install images to a flash drive & do all boxen from that. I did that w/ 3 boxen on my LAN, worked AOK. You can add scripts to automate things to the flash drive once you have burned it. $0.02, no more, no less .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.
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