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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!spool.mu.edu!news.sol.net!uniserve!van-bc!io.org!torfree!rogers.com!mail.rogers.com!usenet 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 Organization: Rogers Communications Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <48ld7f$s7a@mail.Rogers.Com> References: <qzyu443b3t9.fsf@tcptest.psc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.146.58.8 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 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.