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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!glt From: glt@cco.caltech.edu (Greg Tanaka) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!! I need Extract Date: 24 Apr 1993 08:34:16 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 24 Message-ID: <1rau28INNa6s@gap.caltech.edu> References: <1rafqeINNken@stimpy.css.itd.umich.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu altitude@css.itd.umich.edu (Alexander King Tang) writes: >Hi...HELP!!!! i installed the bindist fine, and I just ftp'ed all of the >etcdist for 386bsd and now, I can't find my extract util. HELP ME! >PLEEEEEEEEEZE, Where can I FTP it from!!! UUGH. >Thanx...alex... I think this problem was addressed with the old FAQ, but I might be wrong. The reason why the extract it gone is because when you reboot, the rc file tells bsd to erase the /tmp directory. To extract the files now all you have to type is cd / cat /the_directory_where_etc_is/etc* |uncompress|cpio -otmduv or something like that..man cpio I kind of forgot.. Since you sound like new user, you should really install NetBSD, that way you don't have to recompile the WHOLE thing. You get a nearly perfectly working system on installation! Besides, it is easier to install. -Greg Tanaka glt@cco.caltech.edu glt@ugcs.caltech.edu glt@macross.caltech.edu (my NetBSD host)