Look on your install cd, under /bin for the install.sh file.  You should get some 
hints there.  

Eric


Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> 
> I posted a message to Questions and received the response below which
> resolved half of the problem.  I *can* reinstall FBSD without much pain as
> it was a (mostly) fresh install before I ruined it.  But I would *really*
> like to learn how to fix this as opposed to starting over.
> 
> I believe there is some part of the install process that creates the default
> files.  What is it and can I run just that part?  I thank you for your time!
> 
> Drew
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> "Mikko Tyolajarvi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In local.freebsd.questions you write:
> >
> >> In my on-going quest to master FreeBSD, I have made another big mistake.
> :)
> >> I was trying to move /var to /usr/var but have only succeeded in deleting
> >> /var.  It's a new install so all I really want to do is recreate the
> default
> >> directory structure that is included in a normal install.  I have source
> >> code on the system.  What is the way I can do this short of reinstalling
> >> everything?
> >
> > Try something like:
> >
> >  # cd /var
> >  # mtree -uf /etc/mtree/BSD.var
> 
> Thank you very much.  This worked to create the directory structure
> but it did not create the default files in the structure.  Is there
> some way to do that?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Drew
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