"Distributions" are missing from home burnt CD

[Ryan Coleman]

Distributions, by nature, shouldn't be on the disc... they are outdated the moment they are made into an ISO.

run these commands:

These are written assuming you are in as root.

# ftp ftp://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/ports/ports.tar.gz
This is a 50MB file. It will take some time. I have found ftp3.freebsd.org to be the fastest server in the US.
# mkdir /usr/ports
# chown root:wheel /usr/ports
# tar -xzf ./ports.tar.gz  -C /usr/ports/

Capital C is required there... it will shift you to the folder you need.
You can now build your programs as you need to. 
/usr/ports/shells/bash*

This is also the most current version of the ports since you are getting it straight off the server.

--
Ryan



On Aug 1, 2011, at 9:02 PM, Grant Walter wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I burned a CD of the LiveFS image and my installation failed. I then tried installing from the Disk 1 image and the install succeeded. 
> 
> My problem is that there are no "Ditstributions" on the disk. I don't even have bash now. :(
> I have searched all over but cannot find a file that contains the distributions.
> 
> Thanks for the help!!!
> 
> -Grant_______________________________________________
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