> > For a *lot* of people today (like home users), an up-to-date FreeBSD > > CD or floppy or a second machine to create the disk on may not be > > handy (and forget about NFS), but a network connection may still be > > available. > > That network connection would most likely be a M$-Win box in that case, > which doesn't have an FTP server. Samba, not an FTP client should be in > /rescue then.
# ftp ftp.freebsd.org > get blah/blah/blah/release/bin.tgz # tar xzvf .... seems like a damn easy fix for killing /bin and /sbin.... i like the idea of having a tiny (re: non-ssl) fetch availble for when i shoot myself in the foot. would be incredibly helpful. And while in my current configurations, live cd or NFS are also options, sometimes fetch is going to be faster, and if it's a production machine, time is money. In a perfect world, I'd never hose a production machine, but... ~j > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ===== "Yesterday upon the stair I saw a man who wasn't there, he wasn't there again today, oh how i wish he'd go away" Rev. Jonathan T. Sage - Lighting / Set Designer [HTTP://www.wisefreebsd.org] [HTTP://jonsage.wisefreebsd.org] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
