From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 14 20:49:11 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBEEF16A4CE for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:49:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragon.genyosha.net (dragon.genyosha.net [216.103.76.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 689AC43D76 for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 20:49:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sr@dragon.genyosha.net) Received: from dragon.genyosha.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dragon.genyosha.net (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j4EKicIE075391 for ; Sat, 14 May 2005 13:44:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sr@dragon.genyosha.net) Received: (from sr@localhost) by dragon.genyosha.net (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4EKicXI075390 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 13:44:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sr) Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 13:44:38 -0700 From: Steve Rikli To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050514204438.GA75317@dragon.genyosha.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: setup 5.4 NFS install server? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 20:49:11 -0000 In article <44oebd7wm6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> you write: >Steve Rikli writes: > >> With 5.4, I dumped -disc1 onto the NFS server, but was prompted for >> the next disc to get perl package(s?). So I dumped -disc2 into the >> same place on the NFS server, but sysinstall continued to prompt for >> the next disc on subsequent attempts. >> >> I'm thinking I must not be getting (parts of?) -disc2 into the right >> place, and/or need to update a table-of-contents file, or something >> equally simple. > >The easiest answer that occurred to me: > > Copy the packages/ directories from both disks to the same place, > mount it on the target machines, point PKG_PATH at it, and use > pkg_add(1) from the command line. I'm not sure I follow you -- I'm trying to figure out how to setup the NFS server's FreeBSD-5.4 repository such that sysinstall doesn't prompt for additional discs. The situation I described happens during a new installation from scratch, using NFS as the media. Adding packages after the system has already been installed is not a problem. When performing the from-scratch install, I've selected (A)ll as the distributions to be installed, and hit "Commit"; the installation then proceeds as usual (e.g. from 5.3 and prior), until it prompts to insert the next disc -- I'd never seen this behavior during an NFS install until FreeBSD-5.4 , presumably because -disc1 & -disc2 are now both required. The sysinstall dialog box mentions perl as being on the next disc, but I suspect it's not just perl which sysinstall wants, but any other packages from the (A)ll distribution, which are apparently now found on -disc2 in 5.4 . I.e. this is not happening during any sort of interactive package installation after the system has already been built -- I suspect it is sysinstall telling me that the FreeBSD bits from -disc2 are not being found in the NFS server's FreeBSD repository I setup. I'm asking how to get everything from -disc1 & -disc2 into the same/right place on the NFS server such that sysinstall doesn't prompt me to change "discs" anymore. Or, if there's a completely different/better way (e.g. not using the -disc1 & -disc2 CDs at all) to build a FreeBSD-5.4 repository suitable for NFS installation purposes, that would also be welcome. Hopefully that clarifies what I'm after. Thanks, sr. -- || Steve Rikli ||| We are all faced with a series of great || || Systems Administrator ||| opportunities brilliantly disguised as || || ||| unsolvable problems. || || sr@genyosha.net ||| - John W. Gardner ||