Where is the Modules file when starting from scratch?

[Mike Flynn]

New to CVS I followed the 'info cvs' section 'Creating a directory from
scratch' and entered:

        $ cd tc
        $ cvs imnport -m "Created directory structure" yoyodyne/DIR yoyo
start'

which produced no error messages from CVS version 1.11 running under
FreeBSD, but when
I attempt to define the module 'tc' by first getting a copy of the modules
file, CVS responds to the following entry:

        $ cvs checkout CVSROOT/modules

with:

        $ cvs checkout $CVSROOT/modules

CVS gives:

        $ cvs checkout: cannot find module `/usr/local/cvs/modules' -
ignored

Indeed there are no administrative files in /usr/local/cvs/ or any
subdirectory.
What do I need to do to have these files created?

Mike Flynn
Indyme Electronics, Inc.
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858-268-0717 x564