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From: aflundi@sandia.gov (Alan F Lundin)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD tape install how?
Message-ID: <1994Dec1.182537.16047@sandia.gov>
Reply-To: aflundi@sandia.gov (Alan F Lundin)
Organization: MDL, Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM
References: <3bhvk2$68p@nic-nac.CSU.net> <JKH.94Nov30223322@whisker.hubbard.ie>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 1994 18:25:37 GMT
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In article <JKH.94Nov30223322@whisker.hubbard.ie>,
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie> wrote:
>In article <3bhvk2$68p@nic-nac.CSU.net> jgomezr@neptune.uucp (JL Gomez) writes:
>
>... [ much text deleted - see RELNOTES.FreeBSD for the full text ] ...
>
>3. QIC/SCSI Tape Installation.
>
>Installing from tape is probably the easiest method, short of an
>on-line install using ftp or installing from a CDROM.  The installation
>program expects the files to be simply tar'red onto the tape, so after
>getting all of the files for distribution you're interested in, simply
>tar them onto the tape with something like:
>
>	cd <where the *.?? files are>
>	tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) .
>
>from a directory with just the distribution files in it.  Make sure
>that you remember to put CKSUMS, do_cksum.sh, and extract.sh files
>in this directory as well!

Does this mean you need 10 tapes (one for each distribution--
XFree86-3.1,bindist,compat1xdist,...)?  Or can the distributions
be put on one tape as successive tar files and then select
/dev/nr?t? (no-rewind) as the device?  Is there a way in the
install to have it forget the media choice and reset it--i.e.,
suppose it took two tapes, could you put half on one tape and
select /dev/nr?t? (no-rewind) for the first tar files, but then
select /dev/r?t? (rewind) for the last tar file on the tape, etc.
without having to <ESC><ESC> out to do the dirty work?

BTW, 2.0R is really cool!!  Lots of neat stuff in it, and a few
surprises (like why did "which" disappear?).

--alan
-- 
Alan Lundin <aflundi@sandia.gov>