From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 16 04:22:44 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA08B16A407 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:22:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from calais.chapman.edu (calais.chapman.edu [192.77.116.205]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9580613C448 for ; Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:22:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chandler@chapman.edu) Received: from [206.211.142.181] (ist181.chapman.edu [206.211.142.181]) by calais.chapman.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4EB6B2EA09; Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:22:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <45AC5315.4060702@chapman.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:22:45 -0800 From: Jay Chandler User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger References: <45AC1847.6000308@chapman.edu> <7863F0D6-A379-444E-A772-8E300F5438B7@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <7863F0D6-A379-444E-A772-8E300F5438B7@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Chapman-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Chapman-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Chapman-MailScanner-From: chandler@chapman.edu X-Spam-Status: No Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Install from CVS? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 04:22:44 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Jan 15, 2007, at 4:11 PM, Jay Chandler wrote: >> Is it possible to install (instead of upgrading) FreeBSD from my >> local CVS repository? Looking to find a good way to automate >> installations, and figured I'd start there. > > Sure, it's possible. You'd have to build a working system from the > sources on a FreeBSD system, and then install them to the target disk > somehow (perhaps temporarily install the drive in the working FreeBSD > system long enough to do the install). > > In practice, people normally install from a CD image they've burned, > and perform source-based updates after that. > > ---Chuck > Crikey, that'd be a pain in the arse. Gotcha, install from ISO... -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / chandler@chapman.edu Today's Excuse: emissions from GSM-phones