Re: Sysinstall - why two different programs in 5.3 RELEASE?

2004-11-23 Thread Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
Jay O'Brien wrote: Why are there two versions of sysinstall, one five times the size of the other, and what are the differences between them other than file size and time? Jay O'Brien Rio Linda, California, USA Sorry I'm late on this ... you've got a good technical answer already; I thought

Re: Sysinstall - why two different programs in 5.3 RELEASE?

2004-11-23 Thread Jay O'Brien
Kevin, Thanks for adding the historical view to the answer. Wow. All I wanted to do was learn enough about FreeBSD to run a web server and host mailing lists. Instead, I find myself immersed in an interesting and challenging new culture with knowledgeable mentors. Unfortunately, given my

Sysinstall - why two different programs in 5.3 RELEASE?

2004-11-22 Thread Jay O'Brien
When I installed 5.3 RELEASE, the installation program, when it was finished installing, said Congratulations... to re-enter utility after the system is up, type /usr/sbin/sysinstall. However, the FreeBSD Handbook says to type /stand/sysinstall:

Re: Sysinstall - why two different programs in 5.3 RELEASE?

2004-11-22 Thread Adam Fabian
On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 07:12:04PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: However, the FreeBSD Handbook says to type /stand/sysinstall: I find the following files are present: 403488 Nov 4 17:27 /usr/sbin/sysinstall 2046148 Nov 4 20:22 /stand/sysinstall When I invoke these programs, the screens that

Re: Sysinstall - why two different programs in 5.3 RELEASE?

2004-11-22 Thread Jay O'Brien
Adam Fabian wrote: On Mon, Nov 22, 2004 at 07:12:04PM -0800, Jay O'Brien wrote: However, the FreeBSD Handbook says to type /stand/sysinstall: I find the following files are present: 403488 Nov 4 17:27 /usr/sbin/sysinstall 2046148 Nov 4 20:22 /stand/sysinstall When I invoke these programs,