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From: burgess@cynjut.neonramp.com (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc
Subject: Re: NetBSD-1.1 install question..
Date: 31 Jul 1996 19:21:50 -0500
Organization: Configuration Management Svcs, Inc.
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Message-ID: <4totau$d80@cynjut.neonramp.com>
References: <96209.1621533CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> <4tgji9$f2u@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
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In article <4tgji9$f2u@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>,
Eleanor Diamse <diamse@primenet.com> wrote:
>ishwar rattan <3CQBJOZ@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu> wrote:
>: I have base system installed and want to install the sources (kernel).
>: I palced the set in /usr/distrib and tried
>: Extract ksrc11
>: Extract: command not found
>:
>: Where is the Extract command that worked during first install from
>: floppies? Is there another way to add the sources to the system?
>
>"extract" is only present when you're doing install. To unpack the ksrc,
>you should do a "cat ksrc* | tar xvf -". Start with a "cat ksrc * | tar tf
>- | more" to find out which directory to 'cd' to first, etc...
>
Before you despair too much, check your root directory for the
.commonutils and .{whatever that other one is}. The extract 'command'
is a shell function that is in one (or both???) of those files. They
might still be left over from when you installed. If they are, start
up a 'sh' shell and '. .commonutils' to source the files into your
shell. You will then have Extract, as well as the other installation
commands.
--
Dave Burgess (The man of a thousand E-Mail addresses)
*bsd FAQ Maintainer / SysAdmin for the NetBSD system in my spare bedroom
"Just because something is stupid doesn't mean there isn't someone that
doesn't want to do it...."