Need assitance installin FreeBSD

[Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.]

Jerry McAllister wrote:

>>I downloaded the mini FreeBSD for this little pc i have, but im not sure 
>>what files to put on cd. Could you please give me a hand? the attached 
>>pic is what was unziped. Thank you  -Chris
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>No attached PIC.
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Yup.  Maybe it was stripped automagically ---
that'd actually be a Good Thing(TM), IMO.

>It depends on your intent and the amount of disk space you have
> - also on how fast your internet connection is.
>I normally install everything including source.
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Another strategy: choose "minimal" from sysinstall(8)
and get it over with quickly, then:

1.  Reboot, run /stand/sysinstall again, and use it to
install the cvsup-no-gui package.

2.  Cvsup your source tree.

3.  Run a "make buildworld" cycle.

I haven't timed this out, but it *seems*
faster ... maybe 'cause I'm running steps
instead of just watching sysinstall download
the whole OS ....

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.