Incoming Mail List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You don't have to install the entire OS to another machine if you have a > medium to large area on your disk. Mount up the #1 CDROM and then create > a scratch directory somewhere on your system. Go to the distribution > that you think contains the files you are missing (sounds like "base" > to me) and cat() the install.sh script. You'll see that you can execute > the script and send it a "DESTINATION" argument on the command line. > That script will extract that particular distribution to what ever > directory you include on the command line.
Given that the needed files are already listed in a file, you could do it directly and just unpack those particular files. Something along the lines of "cat /mnt/cdrom/bin/* | tar -xzT listingFile -f -" should do it. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"