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From: blau@mail.rogers.com (Benjamin Lau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: 2.1-SNAP install -- packages
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 19:53:55 GMT
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peterb@tcptest.psc.edu (Peter Berger) wrote:
>One question:  is there any way (or any plans!) to make the shell for
>installing pacakges/distributions standalone?  ie, while running a
>normal kernel, pull up a window that will ftp in, list the packages,
>and let me choose which ones I want and download them?
>I'm talking about -after- installation here, like leaving it running
>in it's own xterm, for instance.

I think you can cd into /stand and run sysinstall there.

It works for me.